Fresh
If the tone is occasionally off-putting, the message -- at least, the facts about the fish -- is harder to shrug off.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
The End of the Line
Imagine a world without fish
2009 · 1h 26m · Unrated
Documentary
Directed by
Rupert Murray
Overview
Examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues that drastic action must be taken to reverse these trends. Examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation.
Director and cast
- Rupert Murray Director
- Ted Danson as Narrator
- Ben Bradshaw as Self - UK Fisheries Minister 2003-2007
- Roberto Mielgo Bragazzi as Self - Former Tuna Farmer
- Charles Clover as Self - Author, "The End of the Line"
- John Crosbie as Self - Fisheries Minister, Canada (archive footage)
- Haidar El Ali as Self - Diver, Senegal
- Ray Hilborn Cast
- Jeffrey Hutchings Cast
- Mélanie Laurent Cast
- Manolo Pacheco Luis Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
With commendable clarity, it lays out the data.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
This movie wants to cover every base without thinking very deeply about them. So while a lot of ground is covered in 80 brisk minutes, the information presented is only abstractly useful.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Rotten
It's hard not to feel that the vital information in The End of the Line may have been more effectively relayed by Clover's original book or by a movie whose methods were less pedantic and pedestrian.
Jason Anderson, Toronto Star
Fresh
Another day, another film about environmental collapse.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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