The End: not the 'uncompromising masterpiece' it aspires to be

Post-apocalyptic musical has an excellent cast – but is 'catastrophically self-indulgent'

Tilda Swinton in The End.
Tilda Swinton plays a former ballerina who claims to have performed with the Bolshoi
(Image credit: Neon)

Joshua Oppenheimer's film is billed as a "post-apocalyptic musical" with a "bold vision", said Deborah Ross in The Spectator. Now, I am all for "bold visions", but maybe not if they have no plot and run for two and a half hours (I really feared "The End" might never end).

'Comically bad'

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