Sunday, July 29, 2012

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World


Movie: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Genre: romantic comedy
Synopsis: Dodge (Steve Carell) is an accountant.  When it is announced that a meteor is soon going to strike – and destroy – the earth, things start to fall apart.  After his wife leaves him, he strikes up a friendship with his neighbor, Penny (Keira Knightley).  He decides to try and help Penny get back to her family (in England) before the world ends.  This launches the two of them on a rather unusual road trip.

My two cents: I went into this movie curious about how you make the end of the world humorous.  Well, they did it.  I think Steve Carell is the go-to-guy for romantic comedies.  He was perfect in this movie.  The stops the two of them make on the road are hilarious – and touching.  Definitely a movie worth seeing if you like romantic-comedies.

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