The End (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 100 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Burt Reynolds
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise and Sally Field
IMDb score:
6,1 (4.853)
Releasedate: 10 May 1978
The End plot
"Are there laughs before death?"
Sonny Lawson decides to kill himself after learning that he is terminally ill. He attempts suicide. The attempt fails and he enters an institution where the mad Marlon seeks friendship with him. The trouble only really starts when Marlon helps Sonny to put an end to it.
Actors and actresses
Wendell Sonny Lawson
Marlon Borunki
Mary Ellen
Dr. Waldo Kling
Marty Lieberman
Jessica Lawson
Dr. Samuel Krugman
Maureen Lawson
Julie Lawson
Ben Lawson
Reviews & comments
mrklm
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- 12190 messages
- 10362 votes
Critics were sharply divided over this Burt Reynolds-directed black comedy about Wendell Sonny Lawson [Reynolds] who decides to commit suicide after being told he has less than a year to live. The weaker moments in 'The End', however, come when the film threatens to take a somewhat serious tone, including when Wendell says goodbye to his daughter [Kristy McNichol]. Reynolds' crying fit in an elevator, however, is hilarious, as is a scene involving a funeral procession. But the film really takes off in the last 40 minutes when Wendell enlists the help of a paranoid schizophrenic [Dom DeLuise] to commit suicide. DeLuise and Reynolds make a fantastic comedy duo and provide plenty of laughs, right up to the final scene.
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scorsese
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- 13430 messages
- 11265 votes
Reasonable film about a man who is told that he only has a short time to live. A comedy with its own unique tone about death that is constructed in a fragmentary manner. Despite the subject, the film manages to avoid becoming sentimental. Not everything is equally funny.
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