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The End of the Tour

2015

James Ponsoldt

Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack ...

6.4

2,228

Drama The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Essentially, this is a film about existential emptiness, and yet it’s beautiful and alive, as filled with humor as it is with melancholy."	POS
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"Despite high-powered talent there’s too little drama and insight to this adaptation".	NEU
United States	Joe Neumaier New York Daily News	"One of the best movies of the year. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"An illuminating meditation on art and life with Jason Segel giving the performance of his career, potently catching the internal conflicts of celebrated novelist (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"It's ultimately a movie - one of the most rigorous and thoughtful I've seen - about the ethical and existential traps our fame-crazed culture sets for the talented and the mediocre alike."	POS

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