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The Living End

The Living End

Crime · Drama · Romance · 1992

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

Movie details

The Living End

“An irresponsible movie by Gregg Araki.”

1992 Crime · Drama · Romance 1h 25m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.5 / 10

3.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

70 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

65 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Living End?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Gregg Araki

Written by

Gregg Araki

M

Mike Dytri

Luke

C

Craig Gilmore

Jon

M

Mark Finch

Doctor

Mary Woronov

Mary Woronov

Daisy

J

Johanna Went

Fern

Darcy Marta

Darcy Marta

Darcy

S

Scott Goetz

Peter

Court is in session

Put The Living End on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.