Review of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) by James M — 04 Feb 2014

A comedy about the apocalypse which could have been decent if A, it was funny, B, it wasn't as boring as watching a banana taking a nap and C, something, anything, happened.

The movie starts quite promisingly, with some satirical dialogue and situations (Steve Carell plays an insurance salesman and there's a glut of people phoning up for Armageddon insurance) and it had me thinking that the theme of this could work for a black comedy. Then, Keira Knightley turns up and the movie takes a downward spiral into absolute bollocks.

She accompanies Carell as he tries to find his long lost love in the final 14 days of the planets existence, but you're wondering why he doesn't just do away with her and her annoyingly chirpy attitude. She has an English accent in this, so she's basically playing herself but her character is absolutely loathsome.

The movie just becomes absolutely ridiculous and lacks all credibility when these two get together, despite having no chemistry whatsoever and being the most unlikely couple since Brad Pitt & Tom Cruise.

The movie then ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper.