This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

The End Of The TourA small proportion of the movies that are made relies on pure content, conversation or tales and this is definitely one of them. The End Of The Tour is smartly executed but more of the work here is done by the writers and the two lead actors on screen for almost the whole runtime of the movie. But what lacks here is a touch of cinema or a bit of drama too for the audience to not only glued onto the seats but also to root the characters floating around it. Jason is good in his role but Jesse is the key to enrich the soul that The End Of The Tour seeks.

I watched this film with my friend who is a journalist and I''m a documentary filmmaker. If it wasn't so personal to us I don't know if we'd have liked it so much. The dynamic between the interviewer and the interviewee is a fascinating one. The film brilliantly explores this delicate relationship. The mutual need to gain something from the interview as well as the genuine personal human experience, are intricately woven together to shine a light on the truth of these encounters. It's all about interpretation. Handing this power over to another artist to portray you in whatever way they perceive you is a humbling display of strength. The protagonists were brilliantly cast, illustrating the brutally sad state of mind of author David Foster Wallace and the painfully keen fan David Lipsky. I devoured the philosophical teachings they gifted one another. It was a stunning film and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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.

Jesse plays as the worst reporter of all time. Maybe the movie could have been good, but Jesse's character was absurdly annoying. I couldn't finish the movie. I hated him so much. I might sound pretentious, but you'll know what I mean if you watch this horrid movie. I wanted to give this movie more of a chance so I actually tried watching it twice and picking up where I left off on my second run. Unfortunately, Jesse was still just as terrible. The other main character was alright though; he was a hipster-hippie prodigy writer.To be fair though, I didn't watch it all the way through. Who knows? Maybe Jesse gets hit by a truck, and the movie goes alright from there! Will I try a third time just in case? No. I do recommend people watch it I guess. Maybe other people would be into it. Or maybe some people would like to see just how annoying Jesse is. Either way, I still hated it.