TALK TO ME (2023) Ending Explained

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In Talk To Me, a group of friends discovers how to conjure spirits by using an embalmed hand, and soon become hooked on the new thrill - until one of them unleashes terrifying supernatural forces. We're breaking down the story, including what we learn about the mysterious hand as well as explaining the ending that leaves things open for a sequel.

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[MrSpeedyAce]

Mia seeing Riley and her dad all healed and shows how fast time flies for dead people. To her it was a few minutes, but it was probably months or even years in the real world.

[phonghua]

Dumb kids making “being possessed” into a challenge is the realest thing I’ve seen in any movie this year.

[shane_l]

Aside from the very obvious drug parallels that you mention, the most clever use of it is how Mia see's her life falling apart but convinced herself that going back to the hand (even just one more time) is the way to solve the issues created by the hand.

[tarumakela]

The vision of Riley being tortured in limbo was so horrific. My jaw dropped at that scene in the cinema.

[skeliskull]

I think riley fully recovered because as was stated “the spirit gets weaker over time”. The spirit eventually got too weak to maintain possession. I also believe Mia would have been able to recover too but she kept using the hand re-strengthening their power.

[vgexpert]

I think the spirit that tricked Mia by masquerading as her mother was the drowned spirit she let in the first time she did the summoning. Now and again, you hear underwater sfx whenever Mia was alone, and the more we saw the "mother" spirit the more drenched and bloated she became, similar to the drowned spirit.

[HQofrandom]

The spirit attached to Mia actually does get weaker throughout the film. The spirit that enters her is a drowned woman, and is attached to Mia because she spent longer than 90s in her. The ghost is able to read her memories and then appear as her mother to Riley in the future to trick Mia. It was never her mother in the first place. As the movie goes on you can see that her mother's ghost gets wetter and more bloated as the spirit is less able to take a different form

[hazeddon]

Can't help but feel really bad for her father. Loses his wife and daughter in the span of two years... brutal shit.

[hangiderswing]

The acting was so good! Mia's actress completely embodied the character, she was so vulnerable and likable even while acting out in this needy grief filled way. She was able to pull off her character going crazy so much better than 99% of other movies. And she did a great job embodying the various spirits. Also, the teens were believable. Writing believable mean teens is a shortcoming of a lot of films. The dialogue was believable and felt authentic, and their actions and motivations seemed true to their characters. Having such human and realistic characters and really grounded it and made it so much more compelling.

[nuleaves]

I enjoyed that the title was so double meaning. Mia need to talk to her mom, her dad was desperate to talk to his daughter; Jade needed to talk about how Mia's grief was smothering her and her family. Jade's mom harbored resentment towards Mia's "drug" usage. Riley's the kid who needed someone to hear him as he was growing up and under pressure to do things he may not want to do. The boyfriend wouldn't talk about how he's not attracted to his girlfriend.

All these characters needed to do was to talk or be heard. Something so simple yet it was the hardest for all of them.

[paulpippin]

Man the part where Mia is facing the little girl spirit, and the spirit says to Mia “I let you in” gave me one of them chills down my spine! Lol

[saralynm]

The spirit of “Mia’s mom” looks more and more like the drowned lady (the original spirit Mia let in) as the movie goes on. It’s such a cool detail!

[BananaBanditos]

One of the most important lines in the movie was missed: The first time Mia uses the hand, when they get it off of her, Haley says "We went a little over" (The 90 second mark) Strongly implying the spirit stuck with Mia was started there.

[andersonrefinishing]

The realization Mia has at the end when she realizes she’s on the other side. That hit hard. Something to definitely point out was the group she was summoned by had the other hand. They said it was out there somewhere and they were using the right hand until the end of the movie when Mia connected by extending her left hand. The sequel or prequel will be nothing short of genius.

[فتاةجميلة-يظ]

One of the most disturbing parts to me was how Mia had a great fear of being isolated and not wanting to be alone after her mothers passing. The grief had isolated her. But in the end, her greatest fear had come true - which was embodied with all the characters moving on and the lights slowly turning off and leaving Mia completely alone. I found that deeply saddening.

[matthewbryan]

It’s absolutely a drug metaphor — Mia becomes an addict, desperate to talk with her mom/chase the high. The two who had the hand in a backpack are stand ins for drug dealers. The brother’s line on the bus about the spirits leaving if you don’t use the hand is a parallel for detoxing. They also established this idea when Riley was offered a cigarette by his buddy. There’s a lot more but typing is exhausting.

[CelestineBeybehh]

I feel like the spirit never got weak with Mia because she kept using the hand over and over compared to Riley only using it once.

[ajadomonique]

I’m interested in a prequel to find out about the medium the hand was taken from… This has the potential to create some interesting lore…

[blahblahblahaha]

The movie was probably the best depiction of drug addiction I’ve seen. It blew my mind how cleverly executed it was. The “talk to me” = looking at what it can do to you/ aware of the consequences. “I let you in” = allowing the drug to corrupt you knowing what is possible. “The longer it stays in you the less powerful it is” = the high. Mia using the hand to try and solve the problems it caused = addicts numbing the pain of withdrawal/their lives falling apart. The fact that Mia was the most affected buy it due to her having the most tragic history which is the case for most addicts. Also her mother having strong references to being an addict having overdosed and spreading that affliction to her daughter. The peer pressuring of getting Riley to try the hand, the most innocent being there and him looking up to Mia making him more susceptible to peer pressure. Such a great movie.

[kevindoran]

What I found so funny was the fact that these teens found the single greatest scientific discovery ever and tell nobody.