Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

By Lorene Scafaria

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 2012-06-22
  • Advisory Rating: R
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Director: Lorene Scafaria
  • Production Company: Indian Paintbrush
  • Production Country: United States of America, Malaysia, Singapore
  • iTunes Price: USD 14.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
6.557/10
6.557
From 1,952 Ratings

Description

The feature directorial debut of screenwriter Lorene Scafaria stars Golden Globe Award winner Steve Carell and Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley. Set in a too-near future, the movie explores what people will do when humanity’s last days are at hand. As the respective journeys of Dodge (Mr. Carell) and Penny (Ms. Knightley) converge, their outlooks – if not the world’s – brighten.

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Reviews

  • Great date movie

    5
    By Katze41
    Funny. Several good cameos. The love story is the real gem. Ending had me crying like a baby.
  • love survives

    5
    By dragonmoose69
    I'm not sure why the low rating, this is a light hearted movie, we never know when the end is near, proof of the was the meteor that hit Russia without any warning, the damage that the little one did, now magnify that 100 times and you have a planet killer, this movie put a light hearted look along with a bit of truth, it was nicely done without being over blown
  • Amazing!!!

    5
    By eliammarrero
    A sweet romantic movie with a happy ending?
  • The One I Love

    5
    By D3N1ZEN
    Rapturous, secular and silly. An absurd ode to loss and futility. Love never looked liked less, or more than at the end of the world.
  • Keira is once again a princess

    4
    By 18holliday92
    Keira Knightley is a good reason to watch a movie. She simply makes any movie better. Her delivery is simply delightful and sexy in a subtle way. She is wonderful again in this movie, which is good for what it is. Some parts are confusing and unnecessary, but all in all, I liked it a lot. I will watch again sometime to see her. The end is sad, but knowing it's coming since the first minute makes it easier to take.
  • AMAZING

    4
    By cheriezie
    This is the most underrated movie and it gets better every time I watch it. LOVE it so much!!
  • Beautiful

    5
    By JDL76
    I think that the sequence while the Hollies are playing might be one of the greatest scenes in movie history.
  • read this review of mine if you have even a slight interest in this movie

    5
    By Xxxxx hater girl Xxxxx
    I personally loved this. Maybe giving it 5 starts has a bit to do with the fact that its about 2 am, but maybe tomorrow my opinion won’t change. I think steve carrel and kiera knightley played their characters extremely well. This movie is very realistic yet has that bit of hope that is rarely seen on an everyday basis. I think the people giving this movie a bad review dont understand why its good. The love the two main characters have is the best. It was my definition of true love. Wanting nothing more than to be with that person and wanting time to stop just to have another second together. I recommend not reading any reviews that have less than 4 stars and to watch this movie at 2 am. :)
  • Movie

    5
    By Givenchylouis
    Amazing movie 👌🏻
  • Wow.

    5
    By uruzone
    I didn’t really know what to expect out of this, as I had heard both good and bad about it. Aside from the very strong performances — even in the first scene, Steve Carell is setting a subtly serious tone for the film — the material itself represents an excellent mix of humor and melancholy. The characters in this film often switch back and forth between anxiety, anger, depression and of course, acceptance, just as most people faced with a life-altering event do. Accordingly, I think the pacing of the film, which other reviewers have complained about, was instead spot-on with regards to human nature. When faced with immense tragedy, who’s to say what is the right or wrong way to react? Why shouldn’t we be scared to death one moment and laughing the next? For days afterward, I thought about this film. But it wasn’t until I came across Roger Ebert’s review of “Seeking” that I finally understood what I was feeling. He managed to find the right words: "The best parts of this sweet film involve the middle stretches, when time, however limited, reaches ahead, and the characters do what they can to prevail in the face of calamity. How can I complain that they don't entirely succeed? Isn't the dilemma of the plot the essential dilemma of life?"

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