But good comedy can also help medicine go down. Mindy experience is humorously outlandish, and yet, like all good comedy, it's funny because it's painfully true. Mindy (DiCaprio is brilliant as an anxiety-ridden instructor), she tries to alert authorities about the impending world-ending natural disaster in the hopes that it can be prevented - and is rightfully aghast at the lack of concern she encounters at every turn. She's just a grad student who happened to be in the middle of her shift at the school planetarium when she spotted the comet. But Lawrence's Kate is meant to be the relatable person that viewers can identify with, especially teens. For example, Streep plays a narcissistic president whose top aide is her son, and Grande is an exaggerated version of herself. In Don't Look Up's bizarro world, we recognize the upside-down characters who are pretty close to the real thing.

As a piece of entertainment, the tone is heavy-handed, but as a desperate plea for change, it's perfect. A writers depression infects his imagination and begins to manifest his demons. But once you fully appreciate that this is an earnest endeavor, it makes sense. It's not as zippy as his The Big Shortor as preposterously believable as Vice. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.Īdam McKay's clever doomsday satire is hilariously terrifying, a serio-comedy that's intended to shake viewers out of their seats. Watch through the credits for a funny final scene. Strong language throughout includes 's-t,' 'f-k,' and an older White man (who's intended to be perceived as racist) making politically incorrect statements.

There's full-frontal nudity in a nonsexual context, as well as a close-up of breasts during sex. Drugs are smoked, popped, and referenced, and one character smokes cigarettes regularly. There's also a death, but it's purposely ridiculous. The destruction here is massive but exaggerated, though teens who grasp the underlying environmental themes may well be frightened at the peril. In making the story about something that's unlikely to happen - a comet hurtling to Earth that will wipe out humanity - it has the freedom to cleverly mock many people's skeptical reaction to actual scientific revelations with major implications for our planet and environment. Murai has a crush on Hitomi, the seasoned leading actress, and keeps a photo of her by his bed. The two starring actresses, Hitomi Kurokawa and Saori Murakami, play sisters in his film. Parents need to know that Don't Look Up is a disaster movie satire with an A-list cast, including Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Meryl Streep. On the set of a dark war time drama at an old movie studio, a young director, Toshio Murai, is trying to complete his debut film.

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