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The World's End. Image shows from L to R: Andy Knight (Nick Frost), Gary King (Simon Pegg), Oliver (Martin Freeman). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL / Working Title Films
The World's End

The World's End

  • 2013 film

Sci-fi comedy film about five friends attempting to recreate a legendary pub crawl, but the future looks rather bleak for both them and the world. Stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman and more.

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The World's End - review

Edgar Wright's new movie lands a double-whammy of funny and clever: a good-natured sci-fi comedy of male mid-life discontent that disproves the famous LP Hartley quotation. It is the present that is the foreign country, or rather the alien planet, and as we get older we feel increasingly exiled from that homeland of the past where everything felt more vivid and real.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 18th July 2013

Video: Simon Pegg at World's End premiere in London

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright have unveiled their new film The World's End at its London premiere.

BBC News, 11th July 2013

The World's End movie review

A celebration of Britishness, of individuality, of friendships and of beer, The World's End is a triumph, and a fitting end to the Blood & Ice trilogy.

Alex Mullane, Cult Box, 11th July 2013

Edgar Wright invites his drinking buddies to premiere

The director of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's apocalyptic comedy has asked the pub crawl mates who inspired the film to attend its London premiere.

Susanna Lazarus, Radio Times, 10th July 2013

The World's End review

TWE is spiked with enough genuine surprises to more than maintain your interest until the last leg, and there's a bounty of sci-fi references for genre fans.

Total Film, 10th July 2013

The World's End - first look review

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost bring their trilogy of comedies celebrating British eccentricity to a funny and satisfying conclusion.

Henry Barnes, The Guardian, 9th July 2013

The World's End, review

The World's End is a fitting climax to the trilogy Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg started nine years ago.

Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 9th July 2013

Pegg, Frost and Wright go out with a bang

There are laugh-out-loud moments as Pegg and his musketeers try to make a stand while totally legless, but it's mostly just wryly amusing.

Stella Papamichael, Digital Spy, 9th July 2013

The World's End review

It certainly feels like a final finale for the gang, building in scale from its predecessors, if losing some of their emotional beats in the process. The World's End absolutely delivers on its premise and nearly does on its promise. It is very much the movie you were expecting, if not quite the one you could have hoped for.

Empire, 9th July 2013

The World's End review

With a fabulous Madchester-era soundtrack and a strong, believable portrait of male bonding at its core, The World's End turns out to be a hugely entertaining caper. It doesn't live up to the memorable brilliance of Shaun Of The Dead, but it's great fun if you're happy to go along for the ride.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th July 2013

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