Just perfect...

Highly Overrated But Still Good

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

I found a Jason Segel very profound and great in that character, Jesse it was a little bit flat, another factor against Jesse was that his character was quite annoying. Although I respect his work seems that this person cost him enough work. This movie really sells the idea of ​​reading to this writer in a deeper way where his life is part of his stories. After seeing the film I came up with a need to know more about David Foster Wallace and really seems to be an author who has not popularized enough his way of thinking, despite that talk about popular culture. It is a great way to discover a great American writer who should be read especially by the young people and the culture of consuming and throwing, mental fast food.

This is an unexpected biographical drama. I don't know who are those two guys, I mean not the actors, but the real life characters. I never read their books or heard their names, though the film sounded great, so I decided to watch it. The entire film was an interview between a newly famed writer and a journalist who dreaming to become like him one day. So basically the young journalist desperately makes himself an opportunity to meet the writer and they take a road trip, discussing various topics.It's hard to say who was best, both Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel were excellent. I think it was the best casting, they will be the reason if you want to watch it, not the story. Yep, the story was simple, just talking life, present and future of humankind, other celebrities and finally differences between them. That's the part I loved. I mean famed people or genius, whoever they're, they are just like us when it comes to interacting with others. They argue too, it's not like the worst thing to happen, but a normal thing as a human being. Just like animals locking their horns over land or females and sometimes for a no reason.It was directed by 'The Spectacular Now' filmmaker, based on the bestselling memoir by David Lipsky, the character that played by Jesse Eisenberg. It takes place in the late 90s, but present in the film as a recall after a certain event. If you like 'Before Sunrise' kind of films, you will enjoy it, but if you hate slow pace narration, then you should better skip than giving a bad review and rating badly to wreck it up.7/10

David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) has died in an apparent suicide. David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) retrieves tapes of his interview with the writer. Twelve years earlier in 1996, Lipsky has written a book of limited success. His girlfriend Sarah (Anna Chlumsky) tells him about Wallace and his ground breaking book "Infinite Jest". He convinces his Rolling Stones editor (Ron Livingston) to assign him to join Wallace on his book tour. The juiciest question is Wallace's rumored heroine use. Lipsky becomes friends with Wallace and is unwilling to bring up the subject. In Minnesota, they are joined by Wallace fan Julie (Mamie Gummer) and Wallace's ex Betsy (Mickey Sumner). Wallace accuses Lipsky of flirting with Betsy and they dive into the tougher issues.The first half of the movie isn't that compelling to me. The two characters are intriguing but there is no drama in their friendly dialog. Lipsky isn't pushing the conversation hard enough but that's also the point of the editor's call. Mostly I'm wondering where this movie is going with this and waiting for a turn. The phone call to Sarah starts the turn and Wallace's accusation completes it. The second half is very intriguing. It's an interesting study of these characters.

This film tells the story of a music magazine journalist, who interviewed a brilliant author for a few days. Despite not knowing each other before hand, they poured their hearts out to each other.I guess I have been traumatised by the other recent film about interviewing a celebrity. Fortunately, "The End of the Tour" is nothing like "Life". "The End of the Tour" shows David Wallace in an authentic relationship with the other David. They treat others like equal and they enjoy each other's company. Their interaction appears genuine and realistic. He's so kind to even offer the journalist stay in his home. I do feel that David Wallace opened himself up to the point of being vulnerable. This relatively transient but authentic encounter is untrained by the journalist's purpose of the visit, which is an interview. It looks more like two people instantly getting along and become great friends. I enjoyed watching it.