The End We Start From
Republic Pictures | Release Date: January 19, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyJan 18, 2024
Belo and Birch, and their star Jodie Comer, breathe life and fire into the mothers typically left stagnant on the apocalypse’s sidelines. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyJan 18, 2024
By focusing on human-sized and domestic drama, The End We Start From can’t match the escalating jeopardy and horrific narrative punch of such similarly themed, bigger-budgeted fare as The Road or I Am Legend. Read full review
60
EmpireLaura DenningJan 16, 2024
Prettily shot and with moments of emotional power thanks to Jodie Comer’s performance, The End We Start From is involving and unpredictable, yet strangely cold when it should be searing. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 13, 2023
There’s just about enough care and sensitivity in The End We Start From to offset its issues, providing us with an unusual, female-powered alternative within a field of films that are usually heavier on action than words. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonJan 18, 2024
It’s as much a movie about the hazy struggles of early motherhood as it is about survival in a destroyed world — and it’s best when it leans into the former, with characters’ discussing why anyone has a baby at all. Read full review
50
Paste MagazineTrace SauveurOct 18, 2023
It reaches for the heights its progenitors offer and struggles to maintain an identity of its own. Read full review
40
IGNRafaela Sales RossJan 8, 2024
The End We Start From is a muddy post-apocalyptic drama that fails to nail the human connection at its core. Read full review
40
The Daily BeastNick SchagerSep 10, 2023
No matter Jodie Comer’s committed effort to wring something emotional from this cataclysmic saga, the film proves soggy in every respect. Read full review
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