What would you do if you only had a few weeks to live? Find a lost love, search for a religion, commit every delectable sin you have always denied yourself? These are the questions tossed out in Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World.
Carell and Knightley are the kind of neighbors who live in the same building but have never spoken to each other, but that all changes as a world destroying asteroid speeding towards Earth reluctantly forces the two lost souls together. Carell is solid as always playing the straight man sad bastard (see Little Miss Sunshine or Crazy Stupid Love) to Knightley's cute and quirky counterpart. Both of their lives are in ruin...even without the impending world doom. The two actors make an excellent tandem playing off each other's strengths, and bring out the best in those around them.
The movie is crammed with tons of great cameos. Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Patton Oswalt (Young Adult), William Peterson (CSI), Adam Brody (The O.C.), Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half Men), Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights), Mark Moses (Mad Men), Rob Huebel (The Descendants), Gillian Jacobs (Community), T.J. Miller (Cloverfield), Derek Luke (Pieces of April) and the legendary Martin Sheen. It's amazing to see how so many actors could drop into the story and leave their mark without affecting the film's pace. Major props to writer/director Lorene Scafaria who also worked wonders on 2008's underrated Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
Seeking A Friend is not your typical Armageddon movie. It's not a story about the U.S. government and NASA teaming up together to develop a master plan to save the world. It's a story about the end, and the questions we would be faced with if all were lost. What would you do if you knew your days were numbered? Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World poses a few possibilities and leaves you walking out of the theater thinking.
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Carell and Knightley are the kind of neighbors who live in the same building but have never spoken to each other, but that all changes as a world destroying asteroid speeding towards Earth reluctantly forces the two lost souls together. Carell is solid as always playing the straight man sad bastard (see Little Miss Sunshine or Crazy Stupid Love) to Knightley's cute and quirky counterpart. Both of their lives are in ruin...even without the impending world doom. The two actors make an excellent tandem playing off each other's strengths, and bring out the best in those around them.
The movie is crammed with tons of great cameos. Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine), Patton Oswalt (Young Adult), William Peterson (CSI), Adam Brody (The O.C.), Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half Men), Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights), Mark Moses (Mad Men), Rob Huebel (The Descendants), Gillian Jacobs (Community), T.J. Miller (Cloverfield), Derek Luke (Pieces of April) and the legendary Martin Sheen. It's amazing to see how so many actors could drop into the story and leave their mark without affecting the film's pace. Major props to writer/director Lorene Scafaria who also worked wonders on 2008's underrated Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
Seeking A Friend is not your typical Armageddon movie. It's not a story about the U.S. government and NASA teaming up together to develop a master plan to save the world. It's a story about the end, and the questions we would be faced with if all were lost. What would you do if you knew your days were numbered? Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World poses a few possibilities and leaves you walking out of the theater thinking.
For more quick reviews check out www.FilmStallion.com