Directed by : James Ponsoldt
Written by : Donald Margulies
Starring : Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg
Release Date : July 31, 2015
"The End Of The Tour" is an adaptation of "Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace," which is a non-fiction book written by David Lispky, about his time interviewing the acclaimed writer. The movie is primarily two men having many many conversations about perceptions, addiction, ideals, loneliness, and just life in general, that we get to eavesdrop on. It has a very simple premise, and it's not a huge drama, nor is it action packed.
Short of several beautiful vistas of American locations, this movie is not very heavy on visuals, which already limits the amount of people who would watch this movie. People might actually benefit from seeing this film though, because it has a lot of insightful things that I thought resonated really well. I was very enthralled with what was said. Very deep in ideas and philosophy, and I was eating it all up!
Jason Segel is fantastic as David Foster Wallace, is quite the fascinating character, and is absolutely mesmerizing to watch on screen. Jesse Eisenberg is great as David Lipsky, and is perfect as our surrogate character to follow along in this movie. The camaraderie and chemistry of Segel and Eisenberg is so perfectly palpable, that I would have loved to have watched twice the run-time of this movie, just to see much more of these two characters having all these interesting conversations. Kudos to the two actors for bringing these characters to life on screen.
I'm the perfect target audience for a movie like "The End Of The Tour," so it's no surprise that I absolutely loved it! Excellently poignant and enlightening. It's not the kind of a movie that most people would watch, but I encourage everybody to give it a chance.
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