the result feels a little like "Mars Attacks!", if the call were coming from inside the house: a disaster movie all dressed up for the apocalypse with too many movie stars to count and not quite enough punchlines
it's satire with a sledgehammer and it's absolutely exhausting; Leonardo DiCaprio is fun to watch; Jennifer Lawrence is invested, and it's good to have her back on screen; But Adam McKay's sneering script and sweaty direction undercut them at every turn
broad humor undermines satire about a country in denial; Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio and an amazing cast throw their talents behind the movie's dark but disappointingly obvious humor
all in all, those looking for genuinely sharp, cutting satire, would probably be best looking elsewhere – but as an amusing ensemble piece, "Don't Look Up" nonetheless manages to be a largely enjoyable affair
Adam McKay's laboured, self-conscious and unrelaxed satire "Don't Look Up" is like a 145-minute SNL sketch with neither the brilliant comedy of "Succession", which McKay co-produces, nor the seriousness that the subject might otherwise require
a starry cast makes this headlong rush of a catastrophe-comedy sparkle; "Don't Look Up" makes a surprisingly deep impact; Adam McKay's new film's too daffy to impress Academy voters, but, real news alert, it's totally worth looking up
a cynical, insufferably smug satire stuffed to the gills with stars that purports to comment on political and media inattention to the climate crisis but really just trivializes it
"Don't Look Up" takes the pulse of contemporary life and finds it crazy, scary and, most of all, funny. It doesn't all land but enough does to make it a sharp, bold, star-studded treat
"Don't Look Up" might be the funniest movie of 2021. It's the most depressing too, and that odd combination makes for a one-of-a-kind experience; Adam McKay's humor is so pointed and dead-on here that it's bracing
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