Kaufman seems to confirm the Janitor is Jake when he walks naked through the halls talking to an animated pig (really) that makes references to Jake's life and sometime career as a physicist. Eventually, Jake and 'Lucy' leave the farmhouse to head home. That's followed by an extended ballet sequence performed by dancers dressed as the woman and Jake in which they kill the Janitor only for him to appear and clean up his own body. So, when she is saying, Im thinking of ending things in terms of the relationship, he is actually thinking of ending his life. It seems to be a hint that the Janitor might in fact be older Jake we've already seen his parents age years in moments so nothing is truly out of the realm of possibility here. Before she heads off to find her boyfriend, the Janitor hands her a pair of slippers that are the exact same pair Jake tried to force her to wear at his parents' farmhouse. David Thewlis as Father, Jessie Buckley as Young Woman, Toni Collette as Mother, Jesse Plemons as Jake in Im Thinking Of Ending Things. It's not completely clear how the pair seem to know each other but they share a connection in a way it's deeper than anything we've seen her experience with anyone else. Everyone is there to honor Jake and his life's work. ![]() ![]() ![]() While exploring the halls of Jake's high school, the young woman finds the elderly janitor (Guy Boyd) who we've been seeing at random points throughout the movie. The movie ends with Jake, the Young Woman, and Jake's parents in the school auditorium along with a room of strangers. Im Thinking of Ending Things is a surrealist psychological thriller about memory, reality, art and identity.
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