Director Ritesh Batra
Starring Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter
Rated M
Score 3.5/6

A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.

The Sense of an ending is based on a 2011 novel of the same name written by British author Julian Barnes. The book is Barnes’ eleventh novel written under his own name (he has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh).

This review is another example of at times how easily I can get distracted by other things, which is the reason why I have waited for so long to write the review.

I have a feeling that if my Mother did not want to go see this movie with me, I might have waited until it was released on DVD. I have not heard of director Ritesh Batra before and as it turns out The Sense of an Ending was Batra’s second feature length movie and I am not entirely sure that I will be hurrying back to watch another one of his movies anytime soon. This due to a scene of pajama clad self-pleasuring that went on way to long for my taste. Though yes, I am willing to concede that any feelings of awkwardness I had at the time was because I was sitting next to Mother. That Batra really did seem to be able to press my emotional buttons as the movie progressed.
Both Jim Broadbent and Billy Howle who portrayed the older and younger Tony Webster gave particularly good performances I found myself on an emotional ride of liking and hating the character with Broadbent bringing it back to like by the end of the movie. I also liked Harriet Walter and Emily Mortimer’s performances.