Film Review – The End of the Tour

“The End of the Tour” isn’t a bio-pic of the late author, David Foster Wallace. Instead, it strives to find a way to communicate his soul through conversation, dramatizing a few days in his life that reveal more than he was expecting. Screenwriter Donald Margulies and director James Ponsoldt treat the subject with extreme care, balancing the troubled side of Wallace’s life with his intricate personality and reliance on defense mechanisms. “The End of the Tour” is a verbose but intimate study of intelligence and vulnerability, offering a special perspective on a writer adored by critics and readers, but a man few understood in full. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com