When You Finish Saving the World

2022

Comedy / Drama

25
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 156 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73%
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 5981 6K

musician poem narcissism shelter coming of age emotionally distant

Plot summary

Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.

Director

Jesse Eisenberg Photo
Jesse Eisenberg

Top cast

Finn Wolfhard Photo
Finn Wolfhard as Ziggy
Julianne Moore Photo
Julianne Moore as Evelyn
Sara Anne Photo
Sara Anne as Becky
Jay O. Sanders Photo
Jay O. Sanders as Roger
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805.17 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 9
1.61 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 23
3.91 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
N/A
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by brianboling 7 / 10

Okay movie, severely misunderstood.

I watched this movie a few weeks back. When I first finished it, I was left a little disappointed and confused, but it had remained in my mind and I thought about it more. On first watch, I probably would've given it a 5/10 but once you start thinking deeper, it starts to catch. I've seen many many many people in the reviews COMPLETELY missing the mark on what the movie is aboutOn the surface, it's about a broken mother son relationship that is rekindled by the end. This is where a large portion of the audience stopped thinking about it and just saw it for what it looked to be. However, this is absolutely not the big idea of the movie and it's a little sad that many people think it is.The true plot is is about rich (white) people wanting to seem socially conscious and seeing themselves as some kind of saving grace for the people that they feel are lesser than them. Evelyn is desperately begging Kyle, a son of an abusive dad who had to escape to a shelter with his mom, to go to college even though he's perfectly content with working at his dad's shop. She attempts to decide his future for him and have no regard for what he wants to do. She has the best intentions but feels like her opinion is of higher value than his. There's also Evelyn's son Ziggy who is spoiled and extremely disrespectful to his parents. He's an aspiring musician who has 10,000 followers give or take on a niche streaming platform. He develops a crush on his classmate, Lila, who is extremely passionate about politics. One day, he decides to adapt a poem she wrote about the Marshall Islands into a song and plays it for her. In a genuine moment, she is impressed with him and feels as if he might have some heart in him. Later that night however, he performs his song in front of his audience on the streaming platform he's popular on. The next day, he tells her about it and how much money he pocketed, showing how you can be "political and still make money". She's obviously disgusted with him and tells him off.All in all, it's an okay movie with a really good underlying message that a lot of people didn't get. It could've done a better job with acting and just a stronger job on the material other than making the main characters as dislikable as possible. Still an interesting watch that will leave you thinking.
Reviewed by Gregor_81 7 / 10

Narcissisms the dramady.

There's more here to like than people are saying.It's intentionally aggravating and cringeworthy. It's sad but funny, maddening but hopeful. It has plenty of depth and meaning and it's not so buried that you feel perplexed.Were watching two parallel narcissists trying to find happiness in the only ways they know how and it's hard to watch. When they eventually fail hard enough, they come to their senses and find that they can't be happy without seeing something other than themselves as important. They end up finding each other as well.I would only recommend this movie to indie movie lovers. Subtext, intentionally uncomfortable moments, unlikeable characters, and introspective plot don't go over well with the average movie-goer, but I liked it.
Reviewed by deloudelouvain 6 / 10

Okay but not great.

When You Finish Saving The World is more a drama than a comedy/drama. I didn't get the comedy in this movie if I have to be honest. Maybe it just wasn't my kind of humour. That said as a drama it's watchable. Not really my favourite genre of movies though so you could say a six stars rating for this one is pretty high considering the genre. It's all about two characters played by Finn Wolfhard and Julianne Moore. One struggling with what is important in life and another struggling in being a good mother instead of acheaving that at her job. The acting was okay, the story passable. It's easy to follow but not really interesting that I want to watch it again in the future.
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