The End of Love

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The End of Love
The End of Love poster.jpg
Directed by Mark Webber
Written byMark Webber
Produced byMark Webber
Elizabeth Destro
Mollie Engelhart
Starring Mark Webber
Shannyn Sossamon
Jason Ritter
Frances Shaw
Amanda Seyfried
CinematographyPatrice Lucien Cochet
Edited bySven Pape
Music byPia Kayser
Production
company
Poor Rich Kids
Distributed by Variance Films
Release dates
  • January 21, 2012 (2012-01-21)(Sundance) [1]
  • March 1, 2013 (2013-03-01)(United States) [2]
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$9,342 [2]

The End of Love is a drama film written and directed by Mark Webber. It stars Michael Cera, Amanda Seyfried and Mark Webber. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on March 1, 2013. [2]

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Plot

When the mother of his infant son unexpectedly dies, struggling actor Mark (Mark Webber) grapples with fatherhood and his inability to grow up. And when he sparks with a single mother, he learns how his choices have real-life consequences.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 59% based on 17 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.71/10. [3] According to Metacritic, which compiled 13 reviews and calculated a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, the film received "mixed or average reviews". [4]

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References

  1. "The End of Love". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "The End of Love". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. "The End of Love (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  4. "The End of Love Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved November 6, 2020.