Don't Look Up

Name: Don't Look Up
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Comedy
Released: December 10, 2021
Duration: 145 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Ariana Grande, Cate Blanchett, Chris Evans, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Lawrence

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Netflix | Release Date: December 10, 2021 | R

Starring: Ariana Grande, Cate Blanchett, Chris Evans, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Rylance, Matthew Perry, Melanie Lynskey, Meryl Streep, Ron Perlman, Timothée Chalamet, Timothée Chalamet

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Debuts on Netflix on December 24, 2021.

Summary: Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem — it’s on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem? No one really seems to care. Turns out warning mankind about aKate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem — it’s on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem? No one really seems to care. Turns out warning mankind about a planet-killer the size of Mount Everest is an inconvenient fact to navigate. With the help of Dr. Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan), Kate and Randall embark on a media tour that takes them from the office of an indifferent President Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her sycophantic son and Chief of Staff, Jason (Jonah Hill), to the airwaves of The Daily Rip, an upbeat morning show hosted by Brie (Cate Blanchett) and Jack (Tyler Perry). With only six months until the comet makes impact, managing the 24-hour news cycle and gaining the attention of the social media obsessed public before it’s too late proves shockingly comical — what will it take to get the world to just look up?!… Expand

Director: Adam McKay

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 145 min

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Mick LaSalle

Dec 7, 2021

Don’t Look Up might be the funniest movie of 2021. It’s the most depressing too, and that odd combination makes for a one-of-a-kind experience. Writer-director Adam McKay gives you over two hours of laughs while convincing you that the world is coming to an end. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Dec 9, 2021

Not content with simply stoking rage and self-righteous superiority, McKay dares to infuse Don’t Look Up with an authentic, unironic sense of grief. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Dec 7, 2021

Conceived as a climate-change metaphor, but given an oily new layer thanks to the pandemic, the film’s conceit could be sharply effective, in careful hands. But McKay knows only of punching down with meaty fists, so the result is a messy, smarmy assault. Read full review

Derek Smith

Dec 7, 2021

Like Vice before it, the film too often uses satire as a tool of castigation rather than as a means of truly attacking the status quo. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Dec 10, 2021

McKay’s just as “right” about his target as ever. But the tone of this “Deep Impact/Wag the Dog” mashup is off. It veers towards strident, and as the clutter gathers around it, it drifts into dull. The jokes dry up and only a few members of his cast are veterans of “let make this funnier on the set” filmmaking. Read full review

Polygon Joshua Rivera

Jan 5, 2022

Humor is subjective, but giving an example of Don’t Look Up’s specific jokes feels like a spoiler, depriving you of one of the three times you’ll likely experience a genuine laugh. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Dec 8, 2021

A film with all the right things to say about how government, the media, and corporations ignore the emerging disaster of climate change, but couched within a satire so lumbering that it’s enough to turn a tree hugger into a pro-fracker. Read full review

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MESMURDA

Jan 9, 2022

Perfection! Everyone must see the new Idiocracy movie! It is truly a mirror.

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ShtillD

Dec 31, 2021

It would be a very funny movie if it wasn't so realistic. The best picture on a political topic this year. A frank and accurate satire on capitalism and the agenda.

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Hharing

Dec 11, 2021

Really funny, jonah hill steals the show, it is has a lot to say, and can come accross as condescending, but if you can get past that there are great actors giving great performances in a story that is easily digestable but still has a whole lot to say

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benjanzen

Feb 28, 2022

Don't Look Up is one of my favourite movies of the year. It's a painfully accurate and sad dissection of our world today and how the agenda of those in power impacts us.

McKay manages to balance levity with tragedy, keeping the story fun and comedic while still invoking such stress andDon't Look Up is one of my favourite movies of the year. It's a painfully accurate and sad dissection of our world today and how the agenda of those in power impacts us.

McKay manages to balance levity with tragedy, keeping the story fun and comedic while still invoking such stress and frustration. This ensemble of A-list stars do not disappoint, and all do a fantastic job elevating this material. Leonardo DiCaprio is, once again, a standout, and gives one of my favourite performances of the year.

It definitely isn't clever or subtle, and not all of the technical choices worked for me, but I still thoroughly enjoyed myself with this one.… Expand

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hesnotdrunk

Jan 4, 2022

This is understandably polarizing film, due to the (at times) uneven over-the-top comedic elements that are difficult to swallow alongside the hefty subject matter. For some, the humor sticks, for others, it's distracting. It's hard to argue for or against either side, but as a film, it doesThis is understandably polarizing film, due to the (at times) uneven over-the-top comedic elements that are difficult to swallow alongside the hefty subject matter. For some, the humor sticks, for others, it's distracting. It's hard to argue for or against either side, but as a film, it does stand out thanks to the timely theme (human beings are too distracted by nothing to care about something) and the lead performances of Dicaprio and Meryl Streep (both top-notch). The brisk pacing via the "Adam McKay" (and Baumbauch) jump cuts also help move the action along, minimizing the awkwardness of the delicate balance between the humor and the thematic weightiness. It may seem go overboard at times (particularly in the third act), and does sometimes have a difficult time balancing the two polarities (comedy - deadly serious social problem), but it is thoroughly entertaining and a solid achievement nonetheless. Consider it a unique and disturbingly prescient comedy that needed to be made, despite its flaws.… Expand

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YaBoyBigV99

Dec 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first 30 minutes set up something that really could’ve been an amazing movie, but it loses its focus after that. Yes, it’s is a satire, but a movie with such a promising cast lost all seriousness the moment they try to make a statement that has been regurgitated 30 times across multiple titles. That being said, the acting by the main cast is really well done, but the script fails to deliver any sort of depth for the characters. What you see in the first half an hour doesn’t change for the rest of the film.

The CGI in the movie is below average for something that came out in 2021. The random clipping to groups of people watching a news broadcast loses it’s touch after the first few times it’s introduced, more or less the ~50 times the movie uses this. It feels more redundant than anything to show random scenes of wildlife and cell phone ads in the middle of the monologues given. The cinematography felt lazy and uninspired, but even more so felt disorganized. Very little timespan is given throughout the movie, and before you know it you went from 6 months until Comet destroys the planet to just a few weeks.

The real moment the movie lost me was with Jonah Hills acting outside of their first real encounter. Everyone else in the main cast did a really good job of bringing the serious undertones into play, but Jonah Hills awkward **** comedy relief really just took away from the movie as a whole.

In summary, the movie falls flat after it barely gets on its feet due to the gradual turn from “apocalyptic drama” to “satirical comedy”. The only satisfying part of the movie is the inevitable destruction at the end after being spoon fed GREED IS BAD, DESTROY BIG BUSINESSES for the last hour or so. That, along with Leonardo DiCaprio’s sudden change of heart in his final interview. Honestly a shame since the first bit of the movie makes it out to be something a lot more interesting. Would not watch again nor recommend to anyone.… Expand

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Opcb

Mar 24, 2022

Self congratulatory drivel. It is funny in a sense of you interpreting it as satire of the self absorbed judgemental class, starring the same, while blissfully unaware. Pretty sure that wasn't the feel the director was looking for.

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