‘The End of the Tour’ Review
“The End of the Tour” is an enjoyable and enlightening talkfest that tells the story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter (and novelist) David Lipsky (played here by Jesse Eisenberg) and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), which took place on a book tour right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, “Infinite Jest.” The two men discuss life, love, art and literature, but the center of the film revolves around the tenuous yet intense relationship that develops between the journalist and his subject — and the question of how honest each is with the other. Ironically, the interview was never published, and five days of audio tapes were packed away in Lipsky’s closet until he used them for his critically acclaimed memoir about the encounter, following Wallace’s 2008 suicide. Both Segel and Eisenberg are superb and open in what could have been a very claustrophobic outing.Vitals: Director: James Ponsoldt. Stars: Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack, Mamie Gummer, Ron Livingston, Mickey Sumner. 2015, CC, MPAA rating: R, 106 min., Drama, Box office gross: $2.588 million, Lionsgate. Extras: Commentary by director James Ponsoldt, screenwriter Donald Margulies, and Jason Segel; “Behind the Tour” featurette; “A Conversation With Composer Danny Elfman; deleted scenes. 
