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The End of the F***ing World (2017)

2017 · Adventure,Comedy,Crime · contemporary-realistic, crime-psychological-profiler

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A darkly comic British road-crime drama following two misfit teenagers — James, a self-diagnosed psychopath plotting to kill his companion, and Alyssa, a volatile, fiercely self-willed girl running from her broken home — whose fugitive journey becomes an unlikely love story with real criminal consequences. The show is tonally singular: funny and brutal, naive and cynical, romantic without sentimentality. Its eight-episode seasons are built for single-sitting consumption, driven by the chemistry of two exceptional young leads and a curated soundtrack that functions as emotional shorthand. Character growth is the real subject; the crime plot is the pressure that forces it. Aimed at viewers who want emotional honesty over genre comfort.

From the reviewers

The writing is fabulous - witty but naive, cruel but touching.
the highest praise must go to Jessica Barden (Alyssa) and Alex Lawther (James) for perfectly balanced performances constantly moving between vulnerability and adult cynicism
Funny, shocking, poignant, gross and brutally honest - every aspect done with skill, style and credibility.
Its romance without the sex, drugs, or cliche drama that is in most shows that cast teen actors. Its refreshing to watch something that doesn't paint a teenager as an idiot or some spoiled child. Instead as people with real thoughts that can cut deep.
It tackles real issues of attachment and abandonment in a world full of people that glorify narcissistic tendencies. The growth of the characters is gradual but real in just one season.

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