How It Ends

critic Reviews

, 69% Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • It can feel more like a collection of skits than a cohesive story, but How It Ends is a comedic vision of the apocalypse with fleeting moments of brilliance.
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    Angie HanFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    The comedy worked for me fitfully; the drama didn't work for me at all.
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    Claudia PuigFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    An amiable and appealing little comedy. It's sweet, sometimes a little melancholy, and sometimes hopeful.
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    Teo BugbeeNew York Times
    The film plays as a series of perfectly enjoyable sketches strung together, an excuse for veteran actors to chew on playful dialogue.
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    Katie RifeAV Club
    The comedy is pitched at such a low volume that it's difficult to hear.
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    Peter SobczynskiRogerEbert.com
    Even at a relatively brief 82 minutes, many viewers may find themselves checking their watches and wondering what could possibly be keeping that meteor.
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    Michael OrdoñaLos Angeles Times
    The end-of-the-world genre has enjoyed some new beginnings of late. "How It Ends" is one of the more thoughtful and fun of these one-way tickets.
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    Marya E. GatesCool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)
    Both an extremely dry, metaphysical comedy about coming to terms with yourself at the end of the world and an incredibly sharp satire about the vapidness of many Los Angelenos.
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    Ilan PreskovskyChannel24 (South Africa)
    But necessity is the mother of invention, and Lister-Jones (who is wonderful in the lead role – as is Cailee Spaeny as her younger self) and Wein have made brilliant use of those very restrictions to create something that feels genuinely quite unique.
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    Manuel São BentoMSB Reviews
    How It Ends is an inoffensive, light, entertaining character-study that ultimately accomplishes its goal of being a fun introspection on the protagonist’s life.
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    Bill BriaVague Visages
    How It Ends isn’t just an appreciation of life and all its quirks but also a film about accepting and forgiving yourself, understanding that no one is a total failure and even the end of the world isn’t too late to change.
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