A dog named "Sorry."
Somewhere in the runtime of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a great movie, but the film itself is not "great." The film has a lot of heart... but also a lot of jarring tonal shifts that leave you with mixed emotions. It contains interesting insight into the mentality of people faced with "the end of the world" and showcases various strategies of coping... but also occasionally resorts to forced caricatures that detract from the film's true emotion (I'm looking at you, William Petersen, the trucker in this film). Steve Carell and Keira Knightley are two gifted actors who have made a name for themselves ...but their chemistry is only sporadicly on target (perhaps the age difference?). There are moments in the film that I truly enjoyed and that felt real. I just wished they had left out some of the others. When it comes to Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, you could do a lot worse at the movies this summer... but the film should've been a lot better.
3.5 out of 5
P.S. Steve Carell will always be Michael Scott from "The Office", in my mind. I have a hard time hating anything that he does.
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