Don't Look Up (2021) (original) (raw)

A pair of astronomers try to warn everyone on Earth that a giant meteorite will destroy the planet in six months.

A pair of astronomers try to warn everyone on Earth that a giant meteorite will destroy the planet in six months. (less)

Director: Adam McKay
Writer: Adam McKay
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill
Producer: Adam McKay

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Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, December 9, 2021

8 / 10

Writer/director Adam McKay used to make the same kind of comedies all the time (�Anchorman,� �Step Brothers,� �Talladega Nights�), and now he makes the same kind of social criticism and political movies all the time (�The Big Short,� �Vice�). With �Don�t Look Up,� McKay remains fixated on a semi-satiric take on American life and order, but he aims bigger with his latest project, which investigates the end of the world and all the madness that goes along with accepting the truth. �Don�t Look Up� tries to fashion something close to a farce with the material, but McKay enjoys a stickier sense of ...read more...

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