Rent Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

3.3 of 5 from 201 ratings
1h 37min
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Synopsis:
Insurance salesman Dodge (Steve Carell) is ditched by his wife following the news that an asteroid will destroy Earth in 21 days. While his friends are living up their last days at hedonistic parties and getting their rocks off with anything that moves, heartbroken Dodge remains unaffected by the panic... until he receives a letter from his high school sweetheart, Olivia. When a riot breaks out around his flat, Dodge escapes in the car of his eccentric neighbour, Penny (Keira Knightley). Seizing the day, he convinces Penny to help him reunite with Olivia.
These mismatched travel companions embark on a hysterical road trip where they will encounter every extreme of human behaviour along the way.
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Directors:
Producers:
Steve Golin, Joy Gorman, Steven Rales, Mark Roybal
Writers:
Lorene Scafaria
Studio:
StudioCanal
Genres:
Drama
Collections:
The Best American Road Movies
BBFC:
Release Date:
05/11/2012
Run Time:
97 minutes
Languages:
English Audio Description, English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Outtakes
  • A Look Inside Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
  • Music For The End Of The World: What's On Your Playlist?
  • Trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
05/11/2012
Run Time:
101 minutes
Languages:
English Audio Description, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Outtakes
  • A Look Inside Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
  • Music For The End Of The World: What's On Your Playlist?
  • Trailer

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World review by Alyse Garner - Cinema Paradiso

A movie I really didn’t expect to like Seeking a Friend for the End of the World tells the story of an insurance salesman and the last 21 days of his life after the mission to destroy a 70 mile meteor headed for earth fails. Yet the narrative and cast involved in this movie are really the least important or interesting aspects of Seeking a Friend and as such I will skim over them quickly; Steve Carell (who I love) and Kiera Knightly (who I hate) star in the lead roles as Dodge and Penny.

From the writer of the captivating teen rock and roll tale Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist comes Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, a touching, thoughtful and hugely enjoyable film that explores the final choices made by a selection of humanity when they discover they only have weeks left to live. Dodge an unhappy insurance salesman opens the film as he and his wife first hear the dreadful news, whilst stopped in their car on some unknown road. Upon hearing the news Dodge awkwardly voices his concern that he’s missed their turning, his wife then takes a final look at him gets out the car and flees into the distance. This is the last we see of Linda.

From here Dodge meets the first of his unlikely companions; a small stray dog who seems to have been abandoned by his owner. My hard hearted exterior made the firm decision at this point that the only character I would care about from this point on would be the dog, aptly named “Sorry”. But despite my dislike of Knightly soon after she and Dodge begin the journey to find Dodge’s high school girlfriend Olivia (the one that got away) I found myself warming to her character and the relationship that develops between her and Dodge.

Really from this point on very little else happens, there are a couple of comedy moments including a trucker (C.S.I’s William Peterson) mistaking Dodge for a hit man and a cop who doesn’t seem to be taking the end of the world too seriously; and several absolute heart wrenchers, including a beautifully shot scene in which Dodge and Penny have a meaningful conversation between the bars of their separate jail cells; but to dwell on the narrative would not do this movie justice.

The plot for Seeking a Friend simply provides a vessel through which the script and screenplay and explore several fundamental quandaries of human existence; love, loss and the fear of the unknown/future. The fabulously quirky characters, stunning soundtrack and unexpected yet wonderfully apt ending all combine to make Seeking a Friend for the End of the World one of the most enjoyable films I have seen this year. It may not be grandiose, highly philosophical or even a masterpiece of directorial or acting performance, but it is a movie that touches you right deep inside and even pulls out a few, unexpected, tears at the end.

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