This movie really captured what David Foster Wallace stood for, its not flashy and easy entertainment but deep and interesting content to get great meaning from. The conversations are two great minds sharing an insight into the mind of creative minds growing up in a world of consumption. If you like thinking about society, people, and another perspective on life this movie is amazing, but if you are looking for the next die hard or another pointless actionmovie this is not for you.

I am a writer. Not trying to come off as boastful. Grab a pen and a piece of paper. Jot something down. Voila. You're now a writer, too.The fact that I write-and sometimes even get published beyond these flick reviews I love composing for all of you ENORMOUSLY valued readers-is the main reason I liked "The End of the Tour". At it's core this is a rumination about the sensibility and soul of a writer. The drive. The pride. The fragility. The insecurity. The recognition. The failure. The hurt. All of these deeply felt emotions are explored and candidly brought to bare in this based on actual events chronicle of a nearly week-long 1996 interview between ROLLING STONE writer David Lipsky and gifted but painfully troubled author David Foster Wallace.A couple of things to be aware of when considering this film. You better be at least a moderate fan of both Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel, who play Lipsky and Wallace, respectively. Because every scene we see has either one or both of these guys in it.And you also best be a fan of dialogue. Man, is there a lot of it in this screenplay by Donald Margulies. Which makes sense, actually, as this account revolves almost exclusively around words, both written and spoken.We see the two main characters walking and talking. Sitting and talking. Lying down and talking. Driving and talking. Flying and talking. And here's the thing. Most of what we are listening to is pretty f-----g fascinating. At least it was to me."The End of the Tour" is a double entendre for a book promotion junket as well as something much more precious. If you don't know what I'm referring to already, I'm not gonna spoil it for you.I'll let the movie tell the story.

The End of the Tour is a biographical film about the late David Foster Wallace which is directed by James Ponsoldt, written by Donald Margulies and stars Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel. Watching this film being born in the early 21st century I had no prior knowledge to the works of David Foster Wallace and now that I have seen the film I believe that I understand more than just his life story but his outlook on himself and his life which I find is quite unique in the biographical movie genre. What makes this film standout from most biographical movies is it screenplay by Donald Margulies as instead of telling Foster's story using events in his life like on a Wikipedia page he chooses the bolder route of slowly telling you about his motivations through conversations between the two leads, these conversations that make up the film (as there isn't a truly clear narrative) are what made the movie as good as it is, as there organic nature makes the audience feel as if they are sitting down next to them making the characters both more realistic and likable. Prior to this film I would have never thought that Jason Segel would have had the acting ability to play a highly intelligent yet broken person like David Foster Wallace and in fact I chose not to watch the film with my sister expecting it to be a road trip comedy with the raunchiness of one of his previous films forgetting Sarah Marshall, but while watching this film I was both amazed and surprised by how well Jason Segel pulled of a character who was so different to anything he had every done before, in fact I would say that the only comedic actors to do a serious performance to that level would be Jonah Hill in Moneyball and Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. Starring next Jason Segel is Jesse Eisenberg playing the rolling stone reporter David Lipsky; he also gives a great performance reminiscent to my favorite performance of his in The Social Network capturing the Ambitions in depth just enough to service the story. But the finest acting element was the fact that both actors had great chemistry making spending time with their characters engaging. On top of the acting and the screenplay the movie also standouts through the directing by James Ponsoldt. Unlike the acting and the screenplay the directing doesn't pop out of the screen and for some viewers that will be seen as a flaw but it actually suits the story as a stylistic approach to this film would have tarnished the realistic themes. The approach of the directing is to make you feel as if you're not inside one of the characters head but more a person sitting down and having a conversation with them and it is pulled off to a tremendous effect with James Ponsoldt using subtle camera angles and few tracking shots. In review I found the movie a breath of fresh air from the over saturated biographical movie genre and is a great film if you're either a fan of David Foster Wallace or just like intellectual character studies. I would recommend watching this film while wide awake as the film has an abundance of important snappy dialogue that is easy to miss.

For an actor whose best known in a feature film sense for showcasing his unmentionables to Kristen Bell in the 2008 hit comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segel's performance in James Ponsoldt's The End of the Tour easily marks itself down as one of 2015's most pleasantly surprising and sadly forgotten about performances and helps make this tale of Segel's author David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg's Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky's whirlwind trip together a quietly powerful character study.Following on from his fine work with his leads in the great 2013 romantic drama The Spectacular Now, Ponsoldt and his performers help make End of the Tour an attention commanding experience through virtually nothing more than conversations, carefully crafted scripting and a care for its subjects. Those going into End of the Tour expecting an event filled cross country trip will be left sorely disappointed by Ponsoldt's unconventional take on the life affirming/mismatched buddy film but for those that get swept away by its low key approach, the work by Segel and Eisenberg will be a joy to behold.The somewhat reclusive David Foster Wallace is the type of real life character that requires a layered and measured approach by an actor to inhabit and that's what we get from Segel. It's an awards worthy turn that in a higher profile event would've likely garnered him some well-deserved attention and it's hopefully a kicking off point for the next stage of his career in more intimately affecting portrayals. Helping Segel's complicated turn along on its way is Eisenberg who more recently has become a little bit of a self-imitating concern (hello Batman V Superman) but it's great to see him tone it down to play quietly mannered Lipsky and between the two actors we get a respectful double act that deals effectively with loneliness, depression and what it means to be a writer.The End of the Tour isn't a film for those looking for a point A to point B look at Foster Wallace's life or a film for those looking for more than heavy conversation led scenes but Ponsoldt's film is a showcase for powerful storytelling without dramatization and a shining of the light into another side of Jason Segel, which thankfully doesn't include more Forgetting Sarah Marshall type flesh baring. End of the Tour is absolutely one of 2015's underseen gems.4 late night service station snack runs out of 5