Movie · 2013 · Action, Comedy · 1h 46m · R · English
Curator score: 3.3/10 (1.1M ratings)
Nothing ruins a party like the end of the world.
Overview
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
Ratings
Curator score: 3.3/10
IMDb: 6.6/10
Letterboxd: 3.17/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
Metacritic: 67
TMDB: 6.2/10
Director
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Production
Columbia Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Point Grey Pictures
Cast
James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera, Emma Watson, Mindy Kaling, David Krumholtz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Rihanna, Martin Starr, Paul Rudd, Channing Tatum, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Samantha Ressler, Douglas M. Griffin, Lo Graham
Curator Review
Verdict
A gleefully profane apocalypse comedy that works best as a celebrity-skewering hangout movie gone feral. Its appeal is the chemistry, the escalating chaos, and the willingness to turn every famous face into a punchline or a victim.
Best for
fans of raunchy ensemble comedies
viewers who like meta Hollywood jokes
people who enjoy disaster movies with a stupid streak
audiences looking for gross-out humor and improv energy
Skip if
you dislike crude sexual humor
you want a tight or emotionally grounded apocalypse story
celebrity cameos and self-parody annoy you
you prefer subtle comedy over nonstop chaos
Overview
This Is the End is a nasty, fast-moving apocalypse comedy that thrives on the cast’s willingness to humiliate themselves. The premise is simple: a Hollywood house party becomes the end of the world, and the movie keeps finding new ways to turn celebrity vanity into survival panic. It’s broad, juvenile, and often very funny in exactly the way its audience wants.
Worth noting
What gives it staying power is the chemistry. The film understands that the joke is not just the disaster, but how these exaggerated versions of famous people behave when the social order collapses. The cameos and inside-baseball references land because the movie commits to the bit instead of winking at it.
Bottom line
It can be obnoxious, and the humor is intentionally filthy and repetitive at times. But if you’re in the mood for a raunchy end-of-the-world hangout movie with real comic momentum, it delivers a lot more than a one-note premise might suggest.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Holly-Beth (4★) · 7800 likes
"THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!" "Oh, does it? Does it compel me?""THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!""Does it Jay?""THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!""Is the power of Christ compelling me? Is that what's happening?""THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!""Guess what? It's not that compelling."
where is jonah hill's oscar for this tbh
adrie (3★) · 6099 likes
unrealistic bc paul rudd would’ve gone to heaven on the first wave
andrea🌹 (3★) · 5220 likes
MIVHAEL CERA'S ONLY CONDITION BEFORE AGREEING TO PLAY AN ASSHOLE IN THIS FILM WAS THAT HE HAD TO WEAR A COLORFUL WINDBREAKER AND HONESTLY THAT IS THE MOST MUCHAEL CERA THING EVER I TRULY WOULD DIE FOR THAT SCRAWNY WHITE BOY
clem (5★) · 5027 likes
james franco didn't suck any dick last night? now i know y'all are trippin
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