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When You Finish Saving the World

When You Finish Saving the World

Drama · Comedy · 2023

Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.

Movie details

When You Finish Saving the World

2023 Drama · Comedy 1h 28m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.6 / 10

5.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

62 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

61 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

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

Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over When You Finish Saving the World?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Nearby on the taste map.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jesse Eisenberg

Written by

Jesse Eisenberg

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Evelyn

Finn Wolfhard

Finn Wolfhard

Ziggy

Billy Bryk

Billy Bryk

Kyle

Alisha Boe

Alisha Boe

Lila

Jack Justice

Jack Justice

Jackie

Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders

Roger

Eléonore Hendricks

Eléonore Hendricks

Angie

Court is in session

Put When You Finish Saving the World on trial.

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

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

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

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

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