The End of Violence (1997)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 33
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 24
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Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 9
No consensus yet.
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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
Sep 12, 1997 Wide
Mar 28, 2000
MGM
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Cast
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Bill Pullman
Mike Max -
Andie MacDowell
Paige Stockard -
Gabriel Byrne
Ray Bering -
Marshall Bell
Sheriffe Call -
Daniel Benzali
Brice Phelps -
Enrique J. Castillo
Ramon -
Rosalind Chao
Claire -
Loren Dean
Doc Block -
John Diehl
LowellLewis -
Frederic Forrest
Ranger MacDermot -
Udo Kier
Zoltan Kovacs -
Traci Lind
Cat -
Henry Silva
Juan Emilio -
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Frank Cray -
Samuel Fuller
Louis Bering -
Peter Horton
Brian -
Nicole Ari Parker
Kenya -
K. Todd Freeman
Six -
Mili Avital
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Marisol Padilla Sanchez
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All Critics (40) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (24) | DVD (4)
A longwinded exercise in pretentious confusion.
Top CriticA 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.
Doesn't seem sure what it is about, or how it is about it.
This goes on for two hours and two minutes. When I staggered out of the theater, I asked if Clinton was still president.
Offers viewers opportunities to ponder a variety of diverse subjects, but its overall entertainment value is less than one might hope for.
With The End of Violence Mr. Wenders has made a film as resonant as his most memorable work.
A disjointed mess where a lot goes on but nothing happens.
Boring, incoherent and insultingly didactic. It's like Wenders has never been to America, never observed Americans and never even seen an American movie.
astonishing but uneven
Wenders' observations and subtextual commentary about violence in American society are well-served by the nuances of Nicholas Klein's script.
A trama principal se perde em um emaranhado de cenas que, rigorosamente, nada acrescentam ao filme.
A sophisticated and pensive film about a subject that fills contemporary movies and fuels our fantasies.
Las respuestas quedan flotando en el espectador, esperando ser rescatadas y entendidas.
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Foreign Titles
- Am Ende der Gewalt (DE)
