The World's End2013
The World's End (2013)
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Critic Consensus: Madcap and heartfelt, Edgar Wright's apocalypse comedy The World's End benefits from the typically hilarious Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, with a plethora of supporting players.
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Cast
as Gary King
as Andy Knightley
as Steven Prince
as Oliver Chamberlain
as Peter Page
as Sam Chamberlain
as Young Gary
as Young Andy
as Young Steven
as Young Peter
as Young Oliver
as Becky Salt
as Erika Leekes
as Tracy Benson
as Young Shane
as Young Sam
as Teenage Twin
as Teenage Twin
as Basil
as Revend Green
as Group Leader
as Fitness Instructor (26)
as Peter's Wife
as Peter's Dad
as Head Builder
as Young Lady
as Young Man
as Felicity
as Motorcycle Policeman
as B&B Landlady
as Greg
as Seb
as Luke
as Tyler
as Sam
as Publican 1
as Publican 2
as Publican 3
as Shane Hawkins
as Publican 5
as Publican 6
as Collaborator
as Collaborator
as Publican 7
as Kelly
as Stacey
as Adrian Keane
as Upstairs Beehive Man
as Upstairs Beehive Lady
as Big Ugly Bastard
as Big Ugly Bastard
as Publican 13
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Critic Reviews for The World's End
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As in their previous comedies, Pegg and Frost play men who refuse to stop acting like boys. But these pint-swilling Peter Pans also know how to work the heart and the brain for belly laughs.
If Wright doesn't quite sustain this astonishing mixture of sadness and silliness all the way through, he gets major points just for attempting it in the first place.
The gonzo side of the plot is not quite as engaging as the human drama, and the scenes in which the characters meet up and try to mesh again are some of the best in the film.
Wright & Pegg continue making the sort of films that the 12-year-old versions of themselves probably always dreamed of being a part of; that sense of joy and practically disbelief that they actually get to do this for a living is right up there on-screen.
The film's strength is its comedic bent - there are some very funny moments contained herein.
Robert Frost famously mused 'Some say the world will end in fire/Some say in ice.' I prefer Edgar Wright's vision: It will end in a pub.
Audience Reviews for The World's End
The final chapter of the Cornetto trilogy feels and looks a lot like Shaun of the Dead a couple of times. While it starts out like another Hangover episode, the twist of an alien conspiracy ends in a (blue) bloody slaughter in English pubs. That's pretty exciting and fun, the fights are wonderfully choreographed and the effects pretty convincing. The cast and the humor work too. Only the ending is surprisingly dark but not without optimism. But it makes you wish a fourth entry of Wright and Pegg reuniting.
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An exhilarating and hilarious comedy that is a lot smarter and more complex than it seems at first, as it even surprises us by turning into something completely different when you least expect it and whose brilliant editing and priceless lines make it a true winner.
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Estranged friends begrudgingly reunite at behest of former leader-cum-has-been for epic bar crawl. Greasy, leather-clad Simon Pegg really sells the once-cool-badass-vibe-now-tinged-with-glory-days-delusion. The rest of the ragtag quintet are charming, especially handsome/nerdy Martin Freeman and blustery Nick Frost as straight men. When the robot plot starts though, the movie devolves from a hilarious and bittersweet story about friends growing up and apart, to a merely average sci-fi spectacle.
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