This
Is The End
If the world is coming to an end and Armageddon is nigh, you can do
worse than hanging with some of the funniest people on the planet
… and James Franco.
Jay Baruchel stars as himself, just like everyone else in the movie. He
has made a rare trip to Hollywood to hang out with his pal Seth Rogen.
Jay hates Hollywood, so he is looking forward to just spending time
with his friend playing video games and acting like teenage boys.
Of course, Seth has other plans. He drags Jay to a house warming party
for James Franco, which is being attended by so many Hollywood stars
you might think you just stumbled across a re-boot of The Love Boat.
During the festivities, a massive earthquake breaks out leaving only
James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Craig Robinson and Danny McBride
alive in Franco’s house.
Of course, it wasn’t just an earthquake. It was the apocalypse,
and there are very few survivors.
Who will live?
Who will die?
This Is The End is funny in every
shame-inducing, juvenile way possible, and a whole bunch of other ways
that are just plain hilarious.
Written and directed by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, This Is The End
often feels like the guys are just hanging out and riffing on each
other for our amusement (and creating various rivalries and
relationship challenges), so it isn’t all that complicated.
It’s goofy, when it’s not being too over the top.
I don’t think we need all of the vulgarity and sex jokes,
including ones about rape, but everyone does a wonderful job sending up
their own personalities and the movies they are famous for, especially
Michael Cera, who plays the kind of Michael Cera that is more badass
than you ever imagined.
However, McBride is the star of the movie. Outrageous, bombastic and
totally in control whenever he is on the screen, McBride injects the
energy and punch This Is The End needs to keep us interested as
these guys stumble around the house and try to deal with impending
mortality. When he’s not on screen, the movie suffers.
The movie does have a lull as we move towards the end, and Rogen and
Goldberg seem to be struggling to find an ending, but you know you will
get plenty of laughs as the Hollywood Hills burn (I can’t believe
TMZ is not covering this).
This Is The End is rated for crude and sexual
content throughout, brief graphic nudity, pervasive language, drug use
and some violence.
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