Hollywood ending
Improbably perfect conclusion
A Hollywood ending is a conclusion to a story that wraps up happily and neatly, with conflicts resolved and characters rewarded—the kind of satisfying, optimistic finale associated with mainstream American films.
The term often carries a slightly dismissive tone, suggesting the ending is unrealistic or too convenient: Real life doesn't come with a Hollywood ending.
The movie surprised me—I expected a Hollywood ending but got something darker.
- happyFeeling pleasure or contentment
- happily ever afterTraditional story's final promise
- cinemaMotion picture theater
- silver screenFilm industry metonym
- finaleConcluding part of performance
romantic · love conquers all · blockbuster · deus ex machina · too good to be true · victory · American Dream · triumph · subversion · success · resolution · wrap it up · conclusion · escapism · moral complexity · sentimentality · denouement · satire
- HollywoodTinseltown, silver screen, movie stars, big screen, directors
Hollywood endingtragic ending
Story concludes in disaster
sad ending · Shakespearean tragedy · Greek tragedy · bittersweet ending
Hollywood endingambiguous ending
Conclusion lacking definite resolution
open ending · bittersweet ending · cliffhanger · anti-climax · anticlimactic ending
Hollywood, ending, unending, wood, woods, woody, wooded, woodland, woodlands