Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

Pretty Good

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Okay i'd just like to say that i made an account just to write this review so not everyone has to suffer like i did. bottom line, don't watch this movie. now i can get past the face that it was COMPLETELY unrealistic due to the fact that they were still able to purchase gas and other every day items DURING THE APOCALYPSE. That i can possibly live with. But what i can't get over is the complete lack of character development and this also COULD have been overlooked if the two main characters didn't fall in love. and i'm thinking if i didn't know anything about the characters, how the hell did they know anthing about each other!? especially since they just DECIDED they were the love of each other's lives in what?? a week? less? I honestly don't know because within the hour and 40 minutes of my life that i wasted, they failed to be consistent with a timeline that would allow me to figure that out. People are writing reviews about how "deep and touching" this movie was? maybe they watched a different movie than me because i no way was i moved by this movie. maybe i moved a little closer to the bathroom because of how repulsed i was by the attempt of comedy within the movie. but not emotionally. I bursted out laughing at the end, so predictable and so stupid. i can't emphasize it enough. do not watch this movie.

Honestly, I am so upset with myself that I haven't seen this movie sooner. I am a HUGE Steve Carell fan and had heard of this movie but for some reason never actually saw it. It was so beautiful, breathtaking, and is about the meaning of life. Steve Carell is so perfect and honest. Keira Knightley is vulnerable and unapologetic. Everything just works so well for this film.

I watched this film expecting humour. In fact there is almost no humour at all, except of the drollest type. The way the low-key almost matter-of-fact radio and television announcers give us snippets of information about Armageddon spiced with little gems of mundanes like "don't forget to change the clocks" hours before the end of the world really call the tone of this wonderful film. Carell and Knightly excel as never before, and Carell proves once again that being a superb comedy actor means being a superb actor. Anyone who has faced serious danger or illness knows how the whole of your past rears its ugliness and its wonder and in an instant life becomes precious and every second suddenly has meaning. All the trash falls away and at last you can see what really matters and who you really love. The vinyl sixties music is cleverly introduced with its hippy like simplicity and the beach scene takes us all there to where everything in live seemed to be so simple. This is a serious film for serous people. It is one of those monumental films which will stay with you and snippets of scenes and soundbites of songs will keep popping into your mind as you weave your way through your world filled with Trumps and Isis. It leaves you with the joy of pain, the sour truth of life.

I LOVED this movie. There's a good amount of surrealism to it, with some rather (intentionally) bizarre parts, but it absolutely works and only adds to the film. At its core, this movie is about love and human relationships and how life's meaning is derived from them. It's very funny and clever, but at the same time very poignant and moving. The ending really got me and stayed with me for weeks after I saw it. Keira Knightley and Steve Carell are both fantastic, and there are some excellent bit roles played by Patton Oswalt, Rob Corddry, and Martin Sheen. One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Please do yourself a favor and see this movie. It will make you laugh, think, and maybe even cry a bit.