![]() ![]() ![]() It’s only a matter of time before he comes to terms with how far he’s gone from his roots, because of the frivolous titles bestowed upon him like “America’s hottest doctor” and “AILF” (decipher it yourself).ĭon’t Look Up’s credits read like the line-up of an all-star team. He’s seduced into the glitz of it after star anchor Brie Evantee (Cate Blanchett) expresses interest in him. It’s also because he’s taken in by the accolades coming his way after a lifetime of anonymity. Long after Dibiasky’s “meltdown” on national TV has rendered her as the subject of memes (doesn’t seem too far-fetched in the current climate) and she’s been taken ‘off the grid’, DiCaprio’s Mindy tries to work from within the system. Mindy is McKay’s possible stand-in for Anthony Fauci, who was recently lauded and trolled for his efforts during the pandemic. And that is soon followed by “I need to get high!” DiCaprio as Dr. So, McKay does what he does best: he mines all this for laughs.ĭibiasky’s (Lawrence) first reaction to discovering a comet that could inflict an extinction-level event, is that of panic. ![]() Both characters have meltdowns on national TV when they realise how even their most exhaustive and detailed studies on the matter can’t bring the media, the political establishment, and consequently the people, out of their denial of an impending apocalypse. PhD student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) and Prof Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) discovering that this comet could potentially be a ‘planet-killer’, are first greeted by a tragically unresponsive White House, and then laughed out of a popular morning show. The sad bit? There’s no Bruce Willis or Mark Wahlberg insight. A comet is hurtling towards “mother earth”, and thus two astronomers are making their way around America in the hope to draw attention towards it. The premise is classically Hollywood too. Gerald Butler's Kandahar movie review: Mindless action film without a soul Armie Hammer and his wife, Elizabeth Chambers, reach settlement in divorce He comes pretty close to heckling his audience to take note of the climate crisis, only to find them distracted by a video of a kitten and a baby on their smartphone. In his latest venture Don’t Look Up, McKay comes up with his own version of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove. He’s also an executive producer on the HBO satire, Succession, about the inner machinations of the pathologically backstabbing Roy family. Since then, McKay has dwelled on the life of politician Dick Cheney, in the anti-biopic Vice (2018), featuring a hilariously abrupt ‘Hollywood end credit scene’ written into the middle of the film. Beginning with The Big Short (2015), McKay adapted Michael Lewis’s book of the same name and offered a wildly entertaining explainer (of sorts) on America’s 2008 financial crisis. Known for his brazen satires starring Will Ferrell during the 2000s, McKay discovered a new momentum in the last decade marrying ‘topical films’ with his subversive, mockumentary style. Director Adam McKay has given up on mankind. ![]()
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