Review of Don't Look Up (2021) by Aluma — 24 Dec 2021
I appreciated Don’t Look Up. Thankfully, I give very little weight to what movie critics have to say about any movie.
Don’t Look Up is supposed to be a work of satire but it felt more like a documentary. Of course, it was preceded by Idiocracy and others in the theme it tackles. It doesn’t present anything new, and I don’t think it’s trying to.
What it does is affirm the fear many people have that humanity is likely doomed if a large scale collective tragedy strikes us; at least in America. The Coronavirus pandemic has proven that so many people are incapable of prioritizing collectivism over self-centered individualism. A larger tragedy could reveal even more uglier truths about ourselves. Ultimately, I choose to believe that human wisdom and goodness will prevail, but that belief has never been challenged more than it has over the past several years.
Don’t Look Up is a tribute to that feeling of despair.
This review of Don't Look Up (2021) was written by Aluma on 24 Dec 2021.
Don't Look Up has generally received positive reviews.
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