DON'T LOOK UP

Dont’t Look Up is set in America in the 21st century digital world. It stars Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky, an astronomy grad student, and Leonardo DiCaprio as her professor Dr. Randall Mindy. 

As the film opens, Kate makes an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. What is supposed to be a ground-breaking discovery for her career, soon becomes the worst nightmare for the pair of scientists, who realize that the comet is headed towards the Earth, triggering what they estimate to be an extinction-level event. In an attempt to warn mankind of the approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth, the two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour that will face them with the sad reality of society today: No one really seems to care. Starting from the office of an indifferent President Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her sycophantic son and Chief of Staff, Jason (Jonah Hill), to the airwaves of The Daily Rip, an upbeat morning show hosted by Brie (Cate Blanchett) and Jack (Tyler Perry), we see them meeting the famous pop star Ariana Grande. With only a six-month interval before the comet impacts the Earth, taking control over the 24-hour news cycle and gaining the attention of the social media obsessed public before it's too late, shockingly comically proves what it takes to get the people all over the world just to look up.

Skilfully directed by Adam McKay, the film captures the essence of the culture of banality in a humorous and entertaining way, focusing on the shallowness and tackiness of today’s humanity. The script is gripping, with a pretty dark theme and timely hilarious moments. The performances of DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett are flawless, all of them do a brilliant job. However, in my opinion, the character of Kate, convincingly acted by Jennifer Lawrence, is the most amusing of all and made me realise how much I missed watching her in films. 

With such a big cast of absolute talent, the skill of the director and editors, and the story, mixing scientific facts and verbal garbage from political blowhards and tech giant psychos who have no idea what they're doing, Don’t Look Up is a family-friendly film which I thoroughly recommend. Satire at its best!