When You're Finished Saving the World is the directorial debut of Jesse Eisenberg and it feels very Jesse Eisenberg. It feels smug and tries to shine a light when the mirror should actually be pointing at one's self. The lead characters are unlikable smug, pretentious, narcissistic twats that we must endure for 90 minutes. But they are designed that way, the other characters that are shown in positive light are also not likable even though the leads put them on pedestals. I guess the film finally gets interesting in the final 5 minutes, all it took was Julian Moore dealing with a surrogate son(or husband?) to make her appreciate her son, and all it took was Finn Wolfhard dealing with a love interest that had strong political ideas for him to appreciate his mom. Maybe they'll become better people? Maybe but the film wont ever be any better.
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