im thinking of ending things movie explained

The second stop was getting ‘Tulsey Town ice-cream’ in the middle of the snow. This comes along with a very exciting conversation about time between Jake and his girl who wonders, “Are we passing through time, or is time passing through us? Are we stationary as time flows and leaves us eventually frozen and dead?!” The change leaves the viewer in awe searching for a meaning. They appear in different ages at the same scene of the visit. Jake’s parents, played by Toni Collette and David Thewlis, do not seem normal. The second part is the questions and thoughts of the janitor who sends voice messages to the young girl.Īrriving at the farm house and meeting the parents was one confusing part, but at this point, you stop asking questions and just let yourself listen to what the film is trying to say. “I’m thinking of ending things, what’s the point of carrying on like this,” says the girl, who is obviously getting bored of the relation and has been thinking of ending it for a while.

The first was the young girl, who keeps telling herself that she is thinking of ending things, while taking the road trip with jake. The narrative part of the movie was done by two characters. The conversation keeps going deeper, more sophisticated, and even more depressing. The second is the janitor's story line, who you see doing very regular tasks as part of his daily routine, such as having breakfast, going to work, and having lunch while watching a movie.Ī very interesting conversation takes place between Jake and the young girl, whose name changes from Lucy, to Louisa, to Lucia, to Ames, you can’t really tell for sure what her name was, as Jake keeps calling her with a new one every time he talks to her. The first is the road trip of the young woman and Jake. The movie depicts two story lines at the same time.

What seems very chaotic at the beginning of the movie make sense at the end. The movie gives the audience many clues all along, to indicate that this is not a usual story about a girl and her boyfriend.

In a 2-hour-and-14-minute movie, Kaufman showed off his symbolic quotes and questions, asking ‘existential questions’ and enhancing them with disturbing changes in the characters' looks, thoughts performance, emotions and makeup. The opening scene of a lovely girl who seems enthusiastic about her journey and happy with the gentle snow falling does not last more than a few minutes before the real scenario of Charlie Kaufman reveals itself with its unsettling questions. CAIRO – 7 December 2020: The story starts with a girl who embarks on a road trip with her boyfriend to visit his family.

Im thinking of ending things movie explained