This Is the End (2013)

June 12, 2013 (US) • Action, Comedy • 106m

Overview

While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

Directors

James Franco

Keywords

friendship monster panic painting exorcism dark comedy possession satire celebrity friends end of the world house party apocalypse hollywood creature drugs demon self-referential macabre end disturbed frantic claustrophobic other worldly mischievous dreary biblical amused

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Top Billed Cast

Damian Gomez

Backstreet Boys Backup Dancer (uncredited)

Crew

Reviews

tjciv

October 6, 2013

This movie was unexpectedly great and put Pineapple Express to shame. I have a new found respect for Danny McBride. He took it to a whole other level and stole the show. Nuff said!

Mistah Darcy

⭐ 6/10

March 20, 2015

**Plot: 10/20**
The film starts out with Seth Rogen waiting at the airport to pick up his pal Jay Baruchel. It's basically a good ol' buddy get together as they go back to Seth's house where he has a couple of welcoming gifts awaiting and then they proceed to get high. Seth convinces Jay to go to Franco's party with him so he'll have a chance to get to know everyone better. After being introduced to everyone, they both leave to make a quick stop at a local convenience store when the city starts going abrupt and light beams begin appearing from the sky. From there, both of the actors rejoin the party house in which almost all of the party goers fall into a giant fiery hole that has formed outside of the house. The cast practically spend the rest of the movie wasting time inside the house together, fighting demons, and then trying to get to heaven. It's not the most exciting plot in the world, but it makes for some good comedy. What I found the most interesting was that they never try to fix the problem on Earth. Even towards the end their prime goal is just to get to 'heaven' and escape the apocalypse down below.

**Rewatchability: 05/15**
Although I've actually watched this one twice (once regular and once with commentary), I still give it a 05/15 in this category. The problem is I just don't see myself coming back to this one unless it's playing on the TV and I'm really bored. I do, however, recommend that this movie gets watched at least once. While it's over the top and not meant to be taken seriously in the first place, I guarantee you'll get at least a laugh or two out of it.

**Acting: 15/20**
Since the actors are actually just portraying magnified versions of themselves it works out really nicely. The scenes with Michael Cera are especially hilarious. At one point in the movie he sneezes out cocaine all over Christopher Mintz (guy who played McLovin in Superbad). Nobody felt out of place and even the add-in actors such as Rihanna and Mindy Kaling did a pretty good job.

**Audio Production: 10/20**
The soundtrack comes in heavy with music by the Backstreet Boys, Black Sabbath, Cypress Hill, Def Tones, Psy, and Whitney Houston. This list includes a lot of big names, but it seems like most of the soundtrack was just thrown in. The Backstreet Boys make a cameo at the end of the movie when the cast is in heaven throwing a party. Special effects are done well, but nothing really stands out.

**Visual Production: 15/20**
The majority of the film takes place in a ficticious Los Angeles at James Franco's house. All of the visual post process effects and scenes are really well made. Listening to the commentary you can find out that most of the filming actually took place in New Orleans at an old coffee warehouse. Even though most of the film was filmed inside of the same building, it actually works out nicely with the storyline.

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Gimly

⭐ 8/10

April 12, 2019

**The following is a long form review that I originally wrote in 2013.**

Sorry for the double 'self' here, I really couldn't think of another word)

Self-portrayal in film is the biggest form of self-gratification since the invention of masturbation. And no movie has ever wanked harder than _This Is The End_. Let me give you the list:

* James Franco
* Jonah Hill
* Seth Rogen
* Jay Baruchel
* Danny McBride
* Craig Robinson
* Michael … read the rest.

r96sk

⭐ 6/10

June 7, 2024

Mediocre middle hinders.

<em>'This Is the End'</em> adds some uniqueness alongside the standard apocalyptic fare, the mass cameos are amusing and the fact that the characters are playing exaggerated versions of themselves is a good touch. The apocalypse elements are done well enough, though the bits at the start are where it peaks.

The middle of this movie dragged a fair bit for me, I didn't really find it all that comical; the beginning, a… read the rest.