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Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up (2021)

Based on truly possible events.

Release:2021
Runtime:2h 18m
Country:United States
Director:Adam McKay
Language:English

Genre

ComedyDramaScience Fiction
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Keywords

Artificial Intelligence A IThe White HouseAsteroidClimate ChangeSatireGlobal WarmingCometEnd Of The World
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Don't Look Up rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 669K votes
Metacritic49%
TMDb7.064/10· 9K votes

With 7.1/10 on IMDb and 49/100 on Metacritic, this film is well-rated across multiple platforms.

About Don't Look Up

Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

Cast of Don't Look Up

  • Leonardo DiCaprio

    Leonardo DiCaprio

    as Dr. Randall Mindy

  • Jennifer Lawrence

    Jennifer Lawrence

    as Kate Dibiasky

  • Meryl Streep

    Meryl Streep

    as President Orlean

  • Cate Blanchett

    Cate Blanchett

    as Brie Evantee

  • Rob Morgan

    Rob Morgan

    as Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe

  • Jonah Hill

    Jonah Hill

    as Jason Orlean

  • Mark Rylance

    Mark Rylance

    as Peter Isherwell

  • Tyler Perry

    Tyler Perry

    as Jack Bremmer

  • Timothée Chalamet

    Timothée Chalamet

    as Yule

  • Ron Perlman

    Ron Perlman

    as Benedict Drask

  • Ariana Grande

    Ariana Grande

    as Riley Bina

  • Kid Cudi

    Kid Cudi

    as DJ Chello

Don't Look Up facts

Budget
$75M
Box office
$791.9K

Our take on Don't Look Up

Adam McKay's 2021 satire sends two astronomers on a media circuit to warn that a planet-killing comet is heading for Earth, only to meet a distracted, unbothered world. As comedy, drama and science-fiction rolled together, it aims its jokes at how modern media, politics and celebrity dodge inconvenient truths rather than at the science itself. Broad, loud and openly angry, it suits viewers who like their satire pointed and topical, and who don't mind a message worn on its sleeve. If you enjoy ensemble comedies that use an end-of-the-world premise to skewer how we ignore emergencies, this delivers plenty to laugh at and argue about.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Sharp satirical commentary on media and political dysfunction rings true
  • •McKay maintains energetic direction throughout expansive ensemble narrative
  • •Comet premise creates unique lens for examining societal indifference

What the audience disliked

  • •Heavy-handed messaging occasionally overwhelms nuance and subtlety
  • •Runtime feels bloated as secondary characters dilute central storyline

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