The End We Start From

R

Released Jan 19

1h 42m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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77 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman and her newborn try and find their way home, the profound novelty of motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this intimate and poetic portrayal of family survival.

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Critics Consensus

Led by Jodie Comer's gripping performance in the central role, The End We Start From offers a thoughtful, haunting look at the end of the world.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's a really strong film. Perhaps a little repetitious... But nevertheless the thoughts and the notions going on here are very moving.

Feb 1, 2024

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

A very confident piece of direction from Mahalia Belo.

Jan 23, 2024

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

The concept here is a little more potent than any individual scene, since there’s a tendency to undercut raw emotion with a tidy metaphor. But Comer gracefully draws attention back to the core of Hunter’s story.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 18, 2024

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Abe Friedtanzer

Cinema Daily US

A film that doesn’t feel highly original yet has an urgency about it, manifested into a story of devotion and endurance.

Rated: B

Jul 23, 2024

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Calum Cooper

In Their Own League

Embodying horror and anxiety, yet wearing a dauntless resolve that only a mother fearing for her child’s life can muster, Comer’s performance alone makes the film worth the price of admission.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 19, 2024

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

Evoking memories of everything from Children of Men and Spielberg’s War of the Worlds to the 1980s BBC version of The Day of the Triffids, this nightmarish and brilliant near-future-set British drama deserved a far better fate than as an online rental.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 25, 2024

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Johnathan B

Worth a watch. Beautiful celluloid!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/24

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Ghederick Eshmont

Profoundly English & an extremely meditative study of the primal essence of protecting one’s child.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/23

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Aldis H

The barometer for me with a movie like this is if I'm moved at the end. I was not. It was so slow I skimmed a lot of it. The pace killed almost all the emotion it could have elicited.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/08/24

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Tina M

It’s one of those “non films” Left me wondering if there was going to be a twist at the end but there wasn’t

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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K H

Beautifully acted. Too drawn out and a weak ending.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Savannah G

Jodie Comer Soley is the reason to see this brief yet impactful film—it is one that you feel distant from yet so understandably close. It is sprinkled with Loss and disbelief in Humanity yet recovered by the Kindred Souls that come together throughout with beautifully displayed friendship. It starts with a feeling of Desolation but ends with a sense of renewal. With the Indie feel of this British film, based on a book, I take away that this is a brilliantly acted and thoughtfully displayed Film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/24

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Synopsis

When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman and her newborn try and find their way home, the profound novelty of motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this intimate and poetic portrayal of family survival.

Director: Mahalia Belo
Producer: Leah Clarke, Liza Marshall, Adam Ackland, Amy Jackson, Sophie Hunter
Screenwriter: Alice Birch
Distributor: Republic Pictures
Production Co: Anton, BFI Film Fund, BBC Film
Rating: R (Language|Some Sexual Content and Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 19, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 6, 2024
Runtime: 1h 42m

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