Not one person in this film had any sense of courtesy except the main character. He continually tries to be polite and everyone is rude to him. It was quite frustrating that he would not throw a comment back at them, his ex-wife, daughter, professor, ex-girlfriend, not one polite conversation that I saw. But then again I lost interest in the film.

What a complete and utter waste of time watching this miserable , boring old person talking about his miserable misled life , he really was a miserable person when he was young and didn't improve with age , his life story was probably one of the most boring its been my unfortunate fate to hear .There was no sense in the dialogue , do people really interact like that ?If so i'm glad i'm not acquaintances of them as i'd need to find a plastic bag and some cable ties for myself as i nearly did half way through the movie .Such a pretentious load of rubbish , who are making films like this and why are they wasting millions of pounds on this tripe ? And then other pretentious prigs pat them on the back and give them awards for drivel !Don't watch !

I enjoyed this screen version of the award winning novel by Julian Barnes, "The Sense of an Ending." The show was intriguing, yet, baffling for not reading the book. I was looking forward to my just rewards that you find revealed in the last act of most mysteries. However, no cigar. Reluctantly I had to do some fact finding to come to some sense of closure. The labor was well worth the effort because the story was compelling for all the right reasons. Veteran actors, quality cinematography and screenplay adaption. These qualities were subtle yet clever adding to the complexity of the story. In my opinion, this subtleness culminated to a stunning end ... but wait, what just happened? Huh?Piquing curiosity led my interest to the two poets who's poems were introduced. I was hopeful they would shed some light into making sense so I could bring this to closure. I looked them up, put them into context (my version in short form) as such ...The affirmation of life, excerpts from the poet Phillip Larkin, "Audabe" ... I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges grow light. The sky is white as clay, with no sun--work has to be done.The celebration of life, excerpts from the poet Dylan Thomas, "Do not go gentle into that good night" ... Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day; rage, rage against the dying of light.My intent is not to baffle, rather, challenge your wits for this is one show you'll have to watch for yourself and hopefully its mystery will reveal itself to you. Perhaps then you can tell me something I don't know ... (SMILE)

Slow,depressing and based on a thin storyline. Don't let all the luvvie comments fool you. Story lines like this are shown every week on soaps in the U.K. The movie is about a group of uninteresting clinically depressed people who make up the guilt complex of a sad old man. The film drones on for an hour and 38 minutes which feel like five hours. It is all in the ending, but I can tell you that there is nothing intriguing or even noteworthy about the ending. Watch an old movie instead.