This Is the End
age 17+
Language, drugs, death in very funny doomsday movie.
- Review Date: June 11, 2013
- Rated: R
- Genre: Comedy
- Release Year: 2013
- Running Time: 107 minutes
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Violence
Sex
Language
Consumerism
Drinking, drugs, & smoking
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that This Is the End is a comedy about the end of the world, focusing on a group of popular comedy actors (Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, and many more) who try to survive inside a Hollywood mansion as fire ravages the land and giant monsters stalk outside. There's extreme language, with constant uses of "f--k" and just about every other word under the sun, as well as some gory violence, including fighting and killing. The party that begins the movie has heavy drug and alcohol use, and a porn magazine is briefly shown, as well as some penises on computer-generated monsters. Sexual talk/innuendo is frequent and strong. And there's some consumerism, too, with several brand names mentioned, most prominently a Milky Way candy bar. All of that said, for older teens and adults, the movie is very funny and has themes of redemption and friendship running underneath the crude, over-the-top stuff.
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What's the story?
Seth Rogen picks up Jay Baruchel at the Los Angeles airport, hoping to show him a good time during his stay. They smoke some pot, play some video games, and then go to James Franco's house for a huge party. Franco, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, and other popular comedy actors are there. Jay seems uncomfortable and wants to leave, but suddenly, quakes rock the city, and blue lights beam down from the sky. Monsters start rampaging as flames lick the countryside. In Franco's house, the survivors try to make the best of their situation, but unfortunately, Danny McBride has crashed the party and is now making quick work of their provisions. If this is judgment day, can these actors learn to be good people before it's too late?
Is it any good?
QUALITY
Rogen and writer Evan Goldberg, who previously teamed up on the screenplays for Superbad, Pineapple Express, The Green Hornet, and The Watch, now make their co-directing debut with this comedy extravaganza, a remarkable mix of monsters, visual effects, vulgar humor, and feel-good optimism. At first, the novelty of watching these actors play "themselves" is good fun in itself, but eventually they turn into truly interesting characters (and probably quite unlike their real selves).
As with other Rogen/Goldberg movies, this one eventually focuses on a "bromance," i.e. two guys' attempt to work past their differences and establish a lasting friendship. Amazingly, it's also about redemption and trying to become genuinely good people. Rogen and Goldberg successfully keep the jokes organic and flowing, escalating the stakes and the surprises throughout and creating a comedy for the ages in the process.
Families can talk about...
- Families can talk about This Is the End's apocalyptic violence. How does it affect the movie's flow and tone?
How does the movie portray drinking and drug use? Are there any real-life consequences?
- Is the movie scary? Are the monsters scary? What about the end of the world?
- How close do you believe these characters are to the real-life actors? Why do you think they all opted to play versions of themselves?
Why are there so many movies about the end of the world? What makes that topic interesting and/or relevant?
Movie details
| Theatrical release date: | June 12, 2013 |
| DVD release date: | October 1, 2013 |
| Cast: | James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen |
| Directors: | Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen |
| Studios: | Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 107 minutes |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | crude and sexual content throughout, brief graphic nudity, pervasive language, drug use and some violence |
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Very good!
very funny! this would be for teens 13+
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Too much violence
Too much swearing
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Great Hilarious Movie. Most Parents Would Probably Not Want Their Kid To See
This Is The End was laugh out loud hilarious! I loved it! It was entertaining and a fun ride. It was though VERY innappropiate. I mean it was nothing that I hadn't already learned from school. It didn't bother me. But you should know you're child before taking them to see this movie.There is TONS of drugs, like every drug you could think of they smoke or have in that movie. They're is pretty much only one very sexual scene in the beginning where two girls are in the bathroom with a guy where they show the guy's butt. But throughout the movie a porn magazine is shown briefly. Penises on fake monsters are shown but no human ones. Breasts and nipples are briefly shown. LANGUAGE!!! Tons! Every single cuss word you can think of is said at least once. And the F word/F bomb is used over 100 times in different ways, and i'm not exaggerating! Tons of violence and some scary scenes, a scene where a mans head gets chopped off and squirts blood, a scene where a man gets eaten by cannibals, a scene where a man has a exorcism. But in the end there is some positive messages. I really didn't mind anything in the movie. It was definetly not the worst movie I'd ever seen. I have already been exposed to everything in the movie before. I already knew about everything that happened, so it wasn't too innappropiate for me and I'm 12. But PAUSE! Know you're child! Many parents will definetly not want their child to see this movie, thinking that they don't want their kids to be exposed to these kinds of things, but then again I'm pretty sure ALOT of kids have already been exposed to things in this movie but they're parents don't know it... I saw this movie with my friend at the movies, and not with an adult. If I went into the theatre with my parents they definetly wouldn't let me finish the movie...but I already knew and learned about everything shown in the movie. Overall it was a really funny and really great film!
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Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much consumerism
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
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Hilarious, clever, violent, crude, and star-studded flick too mature for teens.
Parents, your kids and teens will be eager to watch this new star-studded violent comedy from the director of "Pineapple Express", but the sexual content and violence and language makes it best for adults. Violence is comical, but strong. There are explosions, many comedic deaths, bloody images, people possessed by demons, stabbings, crushed bones, characters impaled by large objects including telephone poles and flying debris, a scene where a man's head is ripped off and bloody spills all over the floor, fighting, arguments, and Emma Watson killing fellow actors for beer and cereal. The plot is not circled around sex, but has plently of it. There are references to rape, incest, sexual intercourse, anal and oral sex, constant sex talk, graphic nudity (female genitals, male bare bottoms, female bare breasts, nipples), and a porn magazine is briefly shown. There is casual drinking and drug use, but there are some intense and crude drug references. Violence and sex in this movie may be strong, bu the language is the worst. Includes s--t, p---y, c--t, c--k (and the related c--ksucker), c--t, b-tch, a--hole, t-ts, d--k, b-stard, and 171 uses of f--k (the most of any film made in 2013 so far). In the end, this clever, crude, comedic, violent movie is entertaining and brilliant, but way too mature for teens and kids. Adults only. Rated R For Some Strong Bloody Violence, Language Throughout, Crude Material & Sexuaity, Graphic Nudity & Drug And Alcohol Use.
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