Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Directed by Lorene Scafaria
Starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley
Rating: C-
This movie feel much short of my expectations. It had potential to be a great movie, but proper story development wasn't there. The viewer is expected to make mental leaps to understand certain plot points and there were scenes that should have been more prominent instead of forgettable. They were referred to later in the movie and I was a bit lost. There were humorous moments, but through most of the movie I was questioning what the characters were doing and why they were doing that. In the movie the characters are helping each other out with a goal, but they don't really need each other to accomplish it. I found the movie to be a bit unbelievable, and not the whole countdown to armageddon/ death by asteroid, but the unlikely pairing of next door neighbors who seem to at times despise one another. Why would someone spend the last days of their life with a person they can barely stand? There has to be a better way to spend time.
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