A new offering from Netflix, Don't Look Up is stuffed with big Hollywood names, including but not limited to Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry. But despite all the star power it's a real drag. Shockingly even DiCaprio, usually so magnetic that watching him do just about anything is rewarding, can't save this dog. Here he's just boring, as if he can't wait for it to be over either.
The plot is thin. A giant comet is heading towards Earth and will wipe out the planet in six months. Two small-town astrologists discover this fact almost by accident and head to D.C. to alert the president. She -- yes, finally, we have a female president -- doesn't really care about the coming destruction of everything as much as the fact that salacious photos of her that she sent to her boyfriend, also her Supreme Court nominee, have been discovered by the media, and it's three weeks before the mid-term elections.
Billed as a comedy, Don't Look Up is more of a tragedy since so much of this ''satire'' is all too real, complete with vapid politicians who care more about their images than their constituents and self-absorbed journalists focused on their ratings and not the pressing news of the day. Even big news, like the end of the world. (Insert "climate change" for "end of the world.") If you find that funny, you'll enjoy this movie. Otherwise, don't look.
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