Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

[jvince]

Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance

Synopsis:
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

Running Time:
1 hour, 34 minutes


Director:
Lorene Scafaria

Writer:
Lorene Scafaria (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)

Stars:
Steve Carell (The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
Adam Brody (The O.C.)
Gillian Jacobs (Community)
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)
Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille)
Melinda Dillon (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
William Petersen (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine)
Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher)

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Official Trailer #1 - Steve Carell Movie (2012) HD - YouTube

[MikeScott]

I'm really looking forward to this one. I love offbeat comedies and Carell and Knightley make for an intriguing pairing.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

I went and saw this today it was pretty good I liked it. Alot better then Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

[PopcornBandit]

I plan on seeing this Monday. I'm looking forward to it.

[chris_sc77]

This was a wonderful film. Loved this. ONe of the best of the year. Great ending. Bout brought a tear to my eye. A-

[johnchatzo]

I don't know when this is coming here but will probably see it since Carell is in it.

[Omen2002]

I'd like to see this. It looks good from the trailer. Plus Keira Knightley is in it.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Omen2002

I'd like to see this. It looks good from the trailer. Plus Keira Knightley is in it.

Heh, that's kinda one of the reasons I saw it. But it's a good movie. Especially if you were on a date.

[ArmyOfDarknessAW]

Wow this bombed bad. I thought it looked pretty good. I was going to go to the theaters but i doubt it will be in past next week and my movie for this week was Brave. I'm sure it will be on Blu pretty quick.

[chris_sc77]

Shame this did pretty bad. I think it will end up being a rather remembered cult-type kinda film. I really think a lot of people in the theater thought this was gonna have a very different ending which I cannot believe.

[cinemaphile]

I'm not sure I saw a single commercial for this on tv. It was not marketed very heavily. I'm not surprised it didnt do much.

Still, I enjoyed it. Not a GREAT movie, but good.

Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Shame this did pretty bad. I think it will end up being a rather remembered cult-type kinda film. I really think a lot of people in the theater thought this was gonna have a very different ending which I cannot believe.

I loved the way it ended. I would have been pissed if they ended it differently.

[Edword]

I've seen a good amount of commercials for it. I'll try and see this during the week.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Bombed? Wow, people love to throw that word around huh? Sure it didn't do well but that's cause it was only on 1,000 some theaters. Mixed with a couple other reasons.

I love how people test the quality of a film by its box office, rather then the movie itself.

[Mandalorian]

Plus, a Pixar movie came out on the same day. Hopefully it'll gain some legs and perform as expected, or better.

[Tibor Lugosi]

Saw it on Sunday, I liked it. Steve Carrell was perfectly cast, but Keira Knightley doesn't do anything for me, too much pouting.

[Edword]

This is going to be really hard for me to try and see now. I don't think I'll be able to and coming this weekend the theater near me is only going to have 2 showings for this...

[bothanspy]

I hope I can still catch this. This looks like a better version of Meloncholia

[Tony208]

I plan on seeing this before my midnight Spider-man.

I can't believe Keira is only 27

[PopcornBandit]

I saw this on Monday afternoon. Easily one of the best movies I've seen this year. I got choked up a couple of times.

[Show spoiler]The first being when Penny was talking to her family on the phone and the second being the conversation they were having at the end of the movie as you heard the world ending.

People were complaining about the ending as they were exiting the theater but I thought it fit pretty well into the tone of the movie.

[Show spoiler]Actually showing the end of the world instead of just letting us hear it would have ruined the tone of the movie, IMO.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by PopcornBandit

People were complaining about the ending as they were exiting the theater but I thought it fit pretty well into the tone of the movie.

[Show spoiler]Actually showing the end of the world instead of just letting us hear it would have ruined the tone of the movie, IMO.

I agree with you. People in my theater were complaining for a different reason. They wanted

[Show spoiler]the world to not end.... like the asteroid misses Earth or something. But that would have been a complete cop-out, and I'm really glad they didnt go that way.

Although.... if that happened like halfway through the movie, it would have been interesting to explore

[Show spoiler]how people now had to deal with the repercussions of all the things they did when they thought the world was ending - dumping people, hooking up with others, free love, drugs, giving up possessions, etc...