Don't Look Up

 

Don’t Look Up is a satirical comedy that follows two collegiate level astronomers, a professor of astronomy and his doctoral candidate at a Michigan State University, who have discovered a comet that will destroy the world. As they embark on a media tour to warn mankind, they discover that not everyone wants to hear what they have to say.

Don’t Look Up stars Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill and Tyler Perry. With this many stars in one movie it could have been overwhelming but everyone did a great job playing off one another. The character development, however, could have used more work. I would have liked more of a back story on Meryl Streep’s character. She played the President of the United States, Janie Orlean. You could tell that she took pointers from pervious disgraced presidents. She was funny, calculated, conniving yet also quite delusional. It would have been great to get more of a deep dive on her character. I would have also liked more character development for DiCaprio’s character, Dr. Randall Mindy, the astronomy professor and family man who struggles speaking up for himself and Jennifer Lawrence’s character Kate Dibiasky, the eccentric MSU doctoral candidate who initially discovered the comet.

The plot was thought provoking with an unexpected ending. The script was full of humor and presented itself as a well thought out mockery of the world's reaction to the current climate crisis.

If you are looking for a comedy that is also a conversation starter, I’d definitely recommend checking this one out.