This Is the End Review- By Michael Carlisle

Title: This is The End
Year: 2013
Director: Seth Rogan
Country: US
Language: English

What do you get when you cross Michael Cera, James Franco, Seth Rogan, Craig Robinson, Emma Watson, Danny McBride and The Backsteet Boys? How about the funnest movie of the year! Admittedly, after watching the trailer for This is The End a couple of months ago I thought this would be a terrible movie, on par with Scary Movie 5. However this film went above and beyond my expectations, it's incredibly funny beginning to end.

All Jay Baruchel expected coming to LA was a fun time with his best friend Seth Rogan, who wanted a good time himself at James Franco's housewarming party. Suddenly, the Rapture hits and the Biblical Apocalypse has begun. Now Jay, Rogan, Franco, Robinson, McBride and Jonah Hill must wait in Franco's home until rescue comes for them, which should be very soon because they're important celebrities.

If you go to the IMDB section of This Is the End, under reviews you'll see hundreds of

people giving the picture 2 stars saying "sooo disappointing!" These are the same people who thought The World's End was a masterpiece and that was complete crap. Did they expect a serious thought provoking masterpiece from Seth Rogan, Jonah Hill and James Franco? This film is stoner comedy at its best. It never takes itself seriously, even moments that could be considered "serious" have an underlying tone of camp and cheese. It's brilliant.

Some complain that the film was "too slow" but I felt it was perfectly paced. Each comedic moment built up and reached a hilarious climax. Sure some jokes were offensive and other might have been a little gross, but the cast didn't rely on that for the entirety of the movie. Each character is charming and has a fun edge to them, even Emma Watson and Rihanna made memorable cameos. Ultimately this is a film I could watch again and again, despite my love of Woody Allen and Pierre Etaix.

In conclusion, This Is the End will definitely divide the public, but I think it's a remarkable stoner comedy like Pineapple Express. It's immature, but it sure brings a lot of laughs to the table. It's incredibly good natured and does not reinforce negative stereotypes regarding race and gender like so many other modern comedies do. It also doesn't forcefeed us sentimental bullshit.  Praise it! 4/5