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7.2
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Critic A.A. Dowd

...the movie’s insights—into professional envy, into fear of fraudulence, into the strange business of forging a friendship—extend beyond the boundaries of its biographical roots.

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Cast & Crew

James Ponsoldt
Director
Ron Livingston
As David Lipsky's Editor
Joan Cusack
As Patty
Joel Thingvall
As Movie Theater Usher (uncredited)
Jesse Eisenberg
As David Lipsky
Jason Segel
As David Foster Wallace
Johnny Otto
As Pilot
Becky Ann Baker
As Bookstore Manager

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The End of the Tour is an intimate and thought-provoking drama about the intersecting lives of two writers. The movie is set in the mid-1990s and follows David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), who has just published his groundbreaking novel Infinite Jest, on a five-day book tour. Accompanying him is Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg), who is writing a profile of the reclusive author. As they travel together, the two men forge a complicated bond, sharing their innermost thoughts and fears about writing, identity, fame, and depression. Despite their differences, they find common ground in their struggles with the pressures of success. Based on a true story, the film offers a poignant portrayal of two individuals grappling with their place in the world.

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