The End of the Line

The End of the Line (2008)

  • 78% of critics liked it
    (46 reviews)

  • 68% of users liked it
    (3,645 ratings)

As the world's demand for fish and other seafood increases and the technology available to commercial fisherman becomes more sophisticated, the annual harvest from global seaports has grown tremendously in recent years. However, the rise of industrialized fishing has not come without consequences,… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Rupert Murray
Genres
Documentary, Special Interest
In Theaters
Jun 19, 2009 Wide
On DVD
Feb 23, 2010
The Fish Film

Critic Reviews

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    If the tone is occasionally off-putting, the message -- at least, the facts about the fish -- is harder to shrug off.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    With commendable clarity, it lays out the data.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    This movie wants to cover every base without thinking very deeply about them. So while a lot of ground is covered in 80 brisk minutes, the information presented is only abstractly useful.

  • Jason Anderson, Toronto Star

    It's hard not to feel that the vital information in The End of the Line may have been more effectively relayed by Clover's original book or by a movie whose methods were less pedantic and pedestrian.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    Another day, another film about environmental collapse.

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