This Is the End (2013)
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Critic Consensus: Energetic, self-deprecating performances and enough guffaw-inducing humor make up for the flaws in This Is the End loosely written script.
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Cast
as James Franco
as Jonah Hill
as Seth Rogen
as Jay Baruchel
as Danny McBride
as Craig Robinson
as Michael Cera
as Emma Watson
as Mindy Kaling
as David Krumholtz
as Christopher Mintz-Plasse
as Rihanna
as Martin Starr
as Paul Rudd
as Channing Tatum
as Kevin Hart
as Aziz Ansari
as Karen (Franco's Asst.)
as Father In Store
as Daughter In Store
as Cashier
as Cell Phone Guy
as Priest
as Headless Man
as News Reporter
as News Reporter
as Cera Girl #1
as Cera Girl #2
as Cannibal #1
as Cannibal #2
as Rape Demon
as Santa Cannibal
as Paparazzi
as Backstreet Boys
as Backstreet Boys
as Backstreet Boys
as Backstreet Boys
as Backstreet Boys
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Critic Reviews for This Is the End
All Critics (215) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (178) | Rotten (37) | DVD (3)
There's wonder here that films with quadruple the effects budget would kill for.
The film is more guileful than it looks, even though the narrative is nuts ...
No comedy classic, then, but a good natured and engaging slice of goonish self-mockery.
... the movie definitely struck a chord with the crowd I saw it with ... (with) a climax that brings bromance back ...
This Is the End, true to its subject matter, is as funny as hell.
Crass, flimsily plotted, and self-referential to the point of narcissistic personality disorder. For those willing to tolerate such defects, however, it is also very, very funny.
Audience Reviews for This Is the End
Think about the premise (actors playing themselves and dying as themselves in an apocalyptic end of the world event) what you want: there is promise it in. But when you kill off the majority of the cameos right in the beginning and then have the usual suspects have the usual dialog in a rather bleak apartment situation over and over, things do get a little tiresome after a while. While the final twist is surprisingly optimistic, the Backstreet Boys dancing in heaven is a certain way to kill a film ending. Stupid.
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This Is the End is a laugh riot. Has Seth Rogen ever been in a bad movie? His lowest rated movie per RottenTomatoes is The Watch (16%), but I thought that was a pretty funny and entertaining movie. I think The Green Hornet is the limpest of the bunch. If you are offended by that adjective, you definitely should NOT watch this movie as there are more male body/sex/potty jokes than I've encountered in any other movie in my lifetime (and I am old enough to remember Porky's). At face value, it seems like it would be pretty hard to screw this movie up with Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Michael Cera and a dozen others playing themselves during the Apocalypse. Even Rihanna and Harry Potter's Emma-freaking-Watson have extended cameos. There is one cameo that is so absurd and crazy that it would be a major spoiler to reveal it. Speaking of spoiler alerts, you'd think that the cause of the Apocalypse wouldn't be revealed, but that hasn't been the case. One reviewer mentions that it it is a literal interpretation of the Bible's Book of Revelations. You're at least 45 minutes into the movie before the reveal of what is really happening (unless you were raised reading the Bible. Then you get it pretty early on). Yeah, it's also a riff on the egocentricity of Hollywood celebrities, but who really cares unless you are an avid reader of TMZ or Perez Hilton. The real brilliance is in the dialogue, a ton of which has to be ad-lib/improv. There are so many jokes in this movie told in the context of the story it would fill a TV comedy series for multiple seasons. This is a two-hour comedy movie. Do they make any comedy movie that long? I just hope it has a Lord of the Rings-style Extended Edition on DVD.
Super Reviewer
funny enough, and the hilarious cameos certainly didn't hurt, but it's nowhere near as good as Neighbors.
Super Reviewer
This Is the End Quotes
| Jay Baruchel: | We just somehow have to prove our worthiness. |
| James Franco: | I always keep my props. |
| Craig Robinson: | Welcome to Heaven motherfuckers. |
| Danny McBride: | His face looks like the police sketch of a fucking rapist. |
| Jay Baruchel: | What the fuck does that mean? |
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