Leave the World Behind is number 1 on Netflix and the Doomsday film spreads fear and anger. That was probably the ulterior motive of director Sam Esmail, who has already stabbed a few wounds with the Mr. Robot series.
For some, the civilization surrounding Julia Roberts and her film family is too realistic. “Don’t watch it before bed. You won’t be able to sleep“, writes a user at X, formerly Twitter. But then the film ends rather abruptly after 141 minutes of high tension. Light ones follow spoiler.
What is Leave the World Behind about?
In the disaster thriller, a married couple (Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke) just want to spend a quiet holiday weekend with their children. But a city-wide power outage forces them and their landlords into an oppressive situation. The internet doesn’t work and a government announcement declares a national emergency. What happened?
The confusing ending to Leave the World Behind: People demand answers and are angry
Whether the main characters survive the apocalypse, remains open in the end. Only one character gets the finale she’s been talking about the entire movie. This upsets people who have grown fond of the characters:
I just watched Leave the World Behind. What a stupid ending! There’s so much more going on in this film.
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The negative reactions to the anticlimactic ending range from thumbs down to despair to outright anger. “What were the producers of Leave the World Behind thinking with the ending?”asks an X user.
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Others are just confusedwhat actually happened in the 141 minutes and why it ends with a girl in front of the TV.
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But there are also opposing voices to the haters. Many people are defending the disaster thriller and the book it is based on by Rumaan Alam*.
“It’s better to take notes”: The Netflix film is also defended
The argument is often made that people didn’t understand the film, but there are also constructive approaches: “Instead of getting angry, people should really take notes.”
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Some people followed this straight away.
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Still others answer with one optimistic view to the many question marks at the end: “No matter what is to come or what will happen, we should take the time to see the beautiful things too.” For example, the finale of our favorite series.
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You can find out everything about the ending and what it means in our detailed explanatory article about Netflix’s Leave the World Behind.
Leave the World Behind is on Netflix since December 8, 2023 to stream. Regardless of whether the film scares you or makes you angry – either way, you probably shouldn’t watch it before going to bed.
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