Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 02/06/2001
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 100 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: MGM
At the beginning of
The End,
Wendell Sonny Lawson (
Burt Reynolds) is informed by his doctor that he's dying from "the same thing
Ali MacGraw had in
Love Story."
Lawson's first reaction is to cry uncontrollably, much to the discomfort of his fellow elevator passengers. He heads to a nearby church to confess all his sins, only to be distracted by the wide-eyed fecklessness of the novice priest (
Robby Benson). Attempting to resolve a few issues with ex-wife
Mary Ellen (
Sally Field), daughter
Julie (
Kristy McNichol), and his parents (
Myrna Loy and
Pat O'Brien),
Lawson finds that they're all too absorbed in their own problems to pay him any attention. At the end of his rope,
Lawson decides to kill himself -- with the help of a nutty mental patient (
Dom DeLuise).
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
