The End

The End

1978 · 100 min · EN · R · 5.4 (50 votes)
Dir. Burt Reynolds · Starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg, Joanne Woodward · Music Paul Williams

Are there laughs before death?

Comedy

Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.

VIBE

A darkly absurd and existential dive into the abyss of mortality. It's a bleakly funny, yet surprisingly poignant, exploration of finding connection in the face of inevitable doom. Prepare for uncomfortable laughs and lingering thoughts.

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