The ballet, the janitor, the parents: discuss I’m Thinking of Ending Things with spoilers

We know what to expect from Charlie Kaufman – the weirdness, the confusion, the mind-scrambling script.

Yet his latest tests the comprehension of even his keenest fans.

Here’s your safe space to try and decipher what the hell is going onThis article contains spoilersIn the 1982 comedy masterpiece Tootsie, Bill Murray co-stars as a playwright who says his ideal fan encounter is with one who says: “I saw your play.

What happened?” If confounding the audience is a metric for success then Charlie Kaufman’s adaptation of Iain Reid’s novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things for Netflix can proudly hold its head high.Related: I’m Thinking of Ending Things review – another superb nightmare courtesy of Charlie Kaufman

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