Looking: The Movie

"The End Is A New Beginning"

2016 1h 25m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 247

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Patrick returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he must face the unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult choices about what’s important to him.

“The End Is A New Beginning”

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Cast

Jonathan Groff
Patrick Murray
Frankie J. Alvarez
Agustín Lanuez
Murray Bartlett
Dom Basaluzzo
Lauren Weedman
Doris
Russell Tovey
Kevin Matheson
Raúl Castillo
Richie Donado
Daniel Franzese
Eddie
O-T Fagbenle
Frank

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrew Haigh
Writers: Andrew Haigh, Michael Lannan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andrew Haigh, shot by Xavier Grobet. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jonathan Alberts shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Jonathan Groff and Frankie J. Alvarez and Murray Bartlett carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The End Is A New Beginning".

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IMDB entry: tt4552118 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Andrew Haigh directs. Xavier Grobet behind the camera. Jonathan Alberts cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Directed by Andrew Haigh, shot by Xavier Grobet. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Jonathan Alberts shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jonathan Groff and Frankie J. Alvarez and Murray Bartlett carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The End Is A New Beginning".
7IMDB entry: tt4552118 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Xavier Grobet
Editing: Jonathan Alberts
Production design: Todd Fjelsted
Costume design: Danny Glicker
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Looking: The Movie (2016)

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CinemaSerf2026-07-20
★ 6/10
I thought that the two television series' this follows rather petered out, so I was a little surprised that Andrew Haigh and Jonathan Groff decided to make a sequel. "Patrick" (Groff) has returned to San Francisco for the wedding of "Agustin" (Frankie J. Alvarez) and "Eddie" (Daniel Franzese) but as expected, much of the focus here is on how he is going to deal with his two exes. "Richie" (Raúl Castillo) has ambitions to take his barbering onto the road whilst he learns that his former boss "Kevin" (Russell Tovey) had reunited with the boyfriend ("John") whom he had been instrumental in splitting up. His other lifelong pal "Dom" (Murray Bartlett) still hasn't really progressed since his relationship with florist "Lynn" (Scott Bakula) came a cropper and finally, there's the long suffering "Doris" (Lauren Weedman) who seems to be constantly treading on the eggshells of the failing and flailing relationships from the men she loves. What follows now does offer us a little more by way of closure that the abruptly cancelled television series didn't really have time to, but as I watched this rumble along I felt I appreciated more why it had been ditched. There really isn't anything original, or especially engaging, in this and after a while I also recalled that I felt the character of "Patrick" to be a bit of a self-centred pain in the ass whom the affable and decent "Richie" ought to have given a wide berth pretty much from the start. Barring a slightly unexpected revelation from the one-scene with Tovey, the rest of this comes across as little better than a couple of tightly stitched television episodes that lack for much character, charisma or even jeopardy and neither the dialogue nor the acting really sustained my interest. If you were a fan of their earlier and more entertainingly spontaneous antics, then this is probably an useful tying off of loose ends, but otherwise it's nothing special at all, sorry.

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