![]() On the contrary, Kaufman is now telling a story about the rift itself. ![]() While this leaky snow globe of a breakup movie is yet another bizarre and ruefully hilarious trip into the rift between people, it’s not - for the first time - about someone who’s trying to cross it. Read IndieWire’s review: If “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” feels like both an act of self-parody for its director and also a radical departure from his previous work, that’s because it takes Kaufman’s usual fixations and turns them inside out. The 2020 IndieWire Critics Poll featured reviewers from major trade publications such as Variety and The Hollywood Reporter as well as critics from local newspapers and websites, freelancers, and contributors on film from across Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.Ĭast: Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis We tallied up the numbers and present the 50 highest rated titles below. ![]() Per tradition, IndieWire asked over 200 film critics around the world to rank their favorite films of the year. IndieWIRE conducted their annual poll of over 230 film critics to find the 50 best movies of 2020, and I'm Thinking of Ending Things came in at number 5! Nice. ( Source)įirst Cow came in at #1, followed by Nomadland, The Assistant, Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, Lovers Rock, and Never Rarely Sometimes Always.Įnding Things 5th best film of 2020, says indieWIRE critics' poll She’s our guide through the dense thicket of Kaufman’s imagination: a wondrous twilight zone of existential anxieties, dream ballet, and Robert Zemeckis jokes. Yet for all the slippery cerebral games Kaufman plays with his source material (including boldly abstracting the twist ending of Ian Reid’s novella), the film remains anchored to an emotional reality-the foundation of quotidian discomfort offered by a terrific Jessie Buckley, finding a personality even as the details about her character begin to shift like sand in an hourglass. Don’t most of his movies also plunge audiences into the mind, via magic or sci-fi or just good ol’-fashioned voice-over? I’m Thinking Of Ending Things, the third film he’s directed from one of his own ingenious scripts, has left some viewers feeling rather trapped within its oppressively interior psychodrama it’s a disorienting nightmare reverie about a young woman who begins to lose her grip on herself during a surreal day trip to meet her boyfriend’s parents. It’s funny that Charlie Kaufman once lost an Oscar to Inside Out. Club polled their contributors and put I'm Thinking of Ending Things at #7 in their best films of 2020. Best Production Design, Molly Hughes, NominatedĪ.V.Best Screenplay, Charlie Kaufman, 3rd Place.Screenwriter of the Year, Charlie Kaufman, Nominated.British/Irish Actress of the Year, Jessie Buckley, Nominated.Film of the Year, Ending Things, Nominated. ![]() Best Adapted Screenplay, Charlie Kaufman, Won.Best Use of Visual Effects, Ending Things, Nominated.Best Art Direction, Gonzalo Cordoba, Nominated.Best Adapted Screenplay, Charlie Kaufman, Nominated.Best Supporting Actress, Toni Collette, Nominated.Best Actress, Jessie Buckley, Nominated.Awards season is a bit of a mess this year, and as far as that goes I haven't heard a lot of buzz around Ending Things, but Wikipedia tells me the film hasn't done too badly at all, all things considered. ![]()
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