Anyone who’s been fortunate enough to witness Jodie Comer’s astonishing all-timer of a performance in the one-woman show Prima Facie will be aware that there really is very little that the actor can’t and won’t do. It wasn’t exactly a surprise that Comer could pull it off (later seasons of the once-great Killing Eve required her to hold the whole, rickety thing up by herself) but no one could have predicted just how astonishing she would be, a gruelling gambit so effectively pulled off that one wondered if anyone else would be able to do it quite as well.
It’s inevitably time for the star to make her mark on the big screen and after a big movie that offered her very little (Free Guy) and a big movie that was sadly seen by very few (The Last Duel), Comer has secured her first movie lead in something smaller, a chance for those outside the privileged world of theatregoing to see what she can really do when given full control. The survival drama The End We Start From is a thoughtful but simple film, perhaps not quite distinctive enough to make a truly indelible impression within a busy subgenre, but it’s a persuasive showcase for Comer, the movie star.
