Director: Adam McKay. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Melanie Lynskey, Michael Chiklis. 138 min. Comedy/Sci-fi.
- I'm predicting this movie, a fictional farcical account of today's world response to an impending comet impact, which has been making some noise these past weeks, will soon be forgotten ... because of its shallow approach.
- During the first half, director Adam McKay treats his viewers like idiots. We have a Trump-like figure, an Ivanka-like figure, a Dr. Fauci, and an Elon Musk, played by Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, the DiCaprio/Lawrence duo, and Mark Rylance, respectively. The comet is a metaphor for Covid, or climate change. Nothing is subtle or artistic here. Nothing left for the audience to think on their own. Everything is spoon-fed, as though we didn't know and are being taught what kind of insanity we have been and are still living through. The movie treats the disaster as a comedy. Living under Trump was not a comedy. The movie is actually a documentary, and I found the comedic approach annoying.
- The second half gets better. The ending is the correct ending - because there is no other ending for the world at its current state. A Hollywood ending would've been wrong. Wait, did I spoil anything? Naaah, you're living the movie as we speak. There's no creativity going on here.
- Okay, this has DiCaprio's best performance since 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street. I'll give you that.
MoGo's rating: 6/10
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