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The End of Violence (1997)

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Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 9

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Wim Wenders directed this allegorical drama about the emotional impact of violence in our culture, set against the backdrop of California's entertainment business. Mike Max (Bill Pullman) is a Hollywood producer who has earned a great deal of money and power in the film industry through his success with a series of brutally violent action pictures. While Max can juggle any number of tasks while working, he can't find time for his wife Paige (Andie MacDowell), and when she announces that she's

Mar 28, 2000

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A longwinded exercise in pretentious confusion.

July 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
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A muddled, sentimental Euro-American hash, redeemed here and there from its fatal purposelessness by a few moments that remind us we're in the presence of a genuine cinematic visionary.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Salon.com
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Doesn't seem sure what it is about, or how it is about it.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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This goes on for two hours and two minutes. When I staggered out of the theater, I asked if Clinton was still president.

January 1, 2000
Houston Chronicle
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Offers viewers opportunities to ponder a variety of diverse subjects, but its overall entertainment value is less than one might hope for.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews
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With The End of Violence Mr. Wenders has made a film as resonant as his most memorable work.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times
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A disjointed mess where a lot goes on but nothing happens.

January 5, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
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Boring, incoherent and insultingly didactic. It's like Wenders has never been to America, never observed Americans and never even seen an American movie.

September 28, 2005 | Comment (1)
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astonishing but uneven

November 8, 2004
Shadows on the Wall

Wenders' observations and subtextual commentary about violence in American society are well-served by the nuances of Nicholas Klein's script.

June 5, 2002 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine

A trama principal se perde em um emaranhado de cenas que, rigorosamente, nada acrescentam ao filme.

May 31, 2002 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena
Cinema em Cena

A sophisticated and pensive film about a subject that fills contemporary movies and fuels our fantasies.

March 1, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice
Spirituality and Practice

Las respuestas quedan flotando en el espectador, esperando ser rescatadas y entendidas.

September 3, 2001 Full Review Source: Cinenganos
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Audience Reviews for The End of Violence

Everyone makes mistakes. Wenders, a brilliant film director, made a huge one with The End of Violence. Convoluted nonsense, I'm sure it looked great on paper but the reality is that this is an awful film. Oops!
September 6, 2010
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Adventures in paranoia.
June 25, 2008
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  • Am Ende der Gewalt (DE)
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