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A disastrous movie, Don't Look Up shows McKay as the most out of touch he's ever been with what is clever, or how to get his audience to care.

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 ...

Don't Look Up ultimately feels like just one more disaster movie: it is far easier—and maybe even more fun—to imagine the apocalyptic end of the world than to imagine how we could live in a ...

Directed by Adam McKay. Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi. R. 2h 18m. Find Tickets. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. Movies love ...

In a grand science fiction tradition, "Don't Look Up" uses a disaster-movie framework as a metaphor for a reality-based crisis, with a huge comet hurtling toward Earth as a surrogate for ...

An all-star cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence faces the end of the world in Adam McKay's climate crisis satire.

Don't Look Up: Directed by Adam McKay. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett. Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

A bleak commentary on humanity's failure to address climate change, Don't Look Up eviscerates disaster movie tropes and the institutions that fail to stand up for the greater good of humanity ...

For a goofy satire about a comet destroying the planet, Don't Look Up sure takes you on an emotional journey. The film — helmed by writer and director Adam McKay, best-known for movies like ...

The movie's title, for example, alludes to the ostrich-minded among us — those whose strategy for ignoring the growing fireball in the sky is simply "don't look up."

Sure, "Don't Look Up" was a watchable movie, and writers Adam McKay and David Sirota definitely had some good jabs at the crazy world we live in today, with the likes of a crazy president, everything being on social media, people being concerned about riches even when facing extinction and such.

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.

Don't Look Up Review. When astronomers Dr Randall Minty (DiCaprio) and Dr Kate Dibiasky (Lawrence) present evidence of a comet set to wipe out Earth in six months to President Orlean (Streep ...

In sum, "Don't Look Up" is a love letter to science and the people who defend it, and a smart commentary on how climate change can become weaponized and politicized to serve interests outside of ...

Sci-fi comedy is "meteor" than it seems; drugs, sex, nudity. Read Common Sense Media's Don't Look Up review, age rating, and parents guide.

At its best, "Don't Look Up" trades in the global chaos for small surprises of tenderness. It's baffling, then, that McKay bypasses these moments so often in favor of cramming in a few more one-off gags, a few more cameos.

Adam McKay's 'Don't Look Up' is a disaster movie dressed for the apocalypse with too many movie stars to count, and not quite enough punchlines.

Don't Look Up is a 2021 American apocalyptic political satire black comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Adam McKay from a story he co-wrote with David Sirota. [1] It stars an ensemble cast featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana ...

Don't Look Up is a better movie than those of that ilk. - Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic. The film is the ultimate disaster movie, timely in its subject matter and ambitious in its execution. - Mae Abdulbaki, Screen Rant. Don't Look Up is essentially Deep Impact played for yuks, Armageddon if it had a brain. - Ian Freer, Empire ...

Don't Look Up is a deeply unsettling yet darkly humorous watch. It has just the right amount of comedy and zeal without losing sight of its message or the tension bubbling beneath the surface. The various elements of the film work together to entertain while also delivering incisive commentary without condescending to its audience.

'Don't Look Up'—or you might see Adam McKay's failed, flailing state-of-the-nation disaster movie falling right on top of you. Our review.

Netflix's star-spangled Don't Look Up is the new comedy from Adam McKay, the filmmaker who famously shifted from goofball Will Ferrell comedies that are easy to love ( Anchorman, Step Brothers ...

Rotten Tomatoes: 58% (65 critics) with 6.40 in average rating . Critics consensus: Don't Look Up aims too high for its scattershot barbs to consistently land, but Adam McKay's star-studded satire hits its target of collective denial square on.

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