Netflix Movie 🎥 Review: “Don’t Look Up”

Rotten Tomatoes rating 54% with the audience rating of 78%

Rated: R with a run time of 2 hrs and 18 mins and an IMDb of 7.3/10.

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey, Cate Blanchett, and Meryl Streep.

Film Description: Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Don't Look Up is a 2021 American satirical science fiction film written, produced, and directed by Adam McKay. Produced by Hyperobject Industries and Bluegrass Films, the film was announced in November 2019 and sold by Paramount Pictures to Netflix several months later. Lawrence became the first member of the cast to join, with DiCaprio signing on after his discussions with McKay on adjustments to the script; the rest of the cast was added through 2020. Filming was initially set to begin in April 2020 around the U.S. state of Massachusetts but was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; it eventually began in November 2020 and wrapped up in February 2021.

This intensely satirical film has something for everyone to either like or be offended by no matter what you political affiliation is. The film was named one of the top ten of 2021 by the National Board of Review and American Film Institute. It received four nominations at the 79th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, and six at the 27th Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture. On January 5, 2022, Netflix reported Don't Look Up had set a new record for the most viewing hours in a single week, making it the third most-watched Netflix film in the company's history.

As you start to watch this it can become appallingly irritating as the film unfolds. You’ll find yourself not wanting to be reminded how incompetent, superficial, self-servicing and nefarious the government, media etc are and how these entities can screw up your life on a regular basis to eventually wipe out mankind. This makes the film one part hilarious and one part scarily serious and confronting. In fact, the humour helps point out the absurdity of it all.

p.s. keep watching until the very end as there's two scenes after the credits that are worth sticking around for. - it definitely makes the movie….LOL