The End

The End

Are there laughs before death?

Directed by Burt Reynolds

Produced by United Artists, Gordon-Reynolds Productions

1978100 min5.6 / 10

A darkly comedic exploration of mortality and meaning that uses absurdist humor and an unlikely friendship to grapple with suicide and the value of life.

Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.

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