My rating tracked the position of the comet as this film played out, from 6 or 7 down to the 2 I gave it. I stopped watching after an hour, otherwise it would have been 1 I'd imagine.
The concept is brilliant: a satire on social media, the US political process, and the reaction to the climate change situation by making an analogy with a comet heading for Earth. But Adam McKay got the tone seriously wrong or really I should say the tones. Because this film is many films, all pretty much unsatisfactory, some really bad.
How you can take all these actors and direct them to really unsatisfactory performances is a mystery. With one exception: Cate Blanchett. And I think that's because her role as a superficial talk show host is a self-contained movie within a movie.
Meryl Streep gets it as wrong as I've ever seen her as the President, totally unbelievable and not entertaining. DiCaprio and Lawrence are actually okay. But in fairness, the actors are irrelevant.
Adam McKay should never be allowed to make a film without strong producer input again, and he should be forced to work with another writer. His script, exposition, and direction are poor to mediocre.
This film is a waste of time and money.
The concept is brilliant: a satire on social media, the US political process, and the reaction to the climate change situation by making an analogy with a comet heading for Earth. But Adam McKay got the tone seriously wrong or really I should say the tones. Because this film is many films, all pretty much unsatisfactory, some really bad.
How you can take all these actors and direct them to really unsatisfactory performances is a mystery. With one exception: Cate Blanchett. And I think that's because her role as a superficial talk show host is a self-contained movie within a movie.
Meryl Streep gets it as wrong as I've ever seen her as the President, totally unbelievable and not entertaining. DiCaprio and Lawrence are actually okay. But in fairness, the actors are irrelevant.
Adam McKay should never be allowed to make a film without strong producer input again, and he should be forced to work with another writer. His script, exposition, and direction are poor to mediocre.
This film is a waste of time and money.