![]() ![]() In a fervent, urgent diatribe delivered by DiCaprio, McKay repurposes the emotional beats of Peter Finch’s speech in Network. The use here registers as more haphazard than usual. McKay and editor Hank Corwin ( Vice, The Big Short) return to their penchant for crafting chaotic, overbearing montages, collecting an array of wildlife clips this time. This McKay film is more than its punchline. DiCaprio plays the part well, even if the writing leaves his arc brief. Fauci, a well-meaning scientist who believes he can be the grown-up in the room but ultimately only serves to prop up negligent politicians. NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIXĪt its best, Don’t Look Up lampoons the ways our most trusted institutions and leaders have failed us. Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) on their talk show in Don’t Look Up. Hosts Brie Evantee (Cate Blanchett) and Jack Bremmer (Tyler Perry) invite Dr. McKay struggles to move the talk show duo beyond being short-sighted hucksters to totemic of the news media's shortcomings. The pair would rather spawn the next meme than report on the news. Mindy appear on a political television talk show, mirroring the ones found on MSNBC or CNN, hosted by two pop-culture, spin-obsessed anchors: Jack Bremmer (Tyler Perry) and Brie Evantee (Cate Blanchett). After the scientists are rebuffed by the administration, they decide to leak the information. They, along with the country, also illustrate the desensitized postmodern population, whereby the planet’s constant state of near-destruction, whether through global warming, natural disasters, or wars, makes even the most pressing emergency just another walk in a familiar hellscape. They laugh away a crisis and ignore the science, only seeing the big, flashy poll numbers in front of them. At its basest level, it reflects the Trump administration. ![]() The entire administration is a jingoistic hyper-conservative band of underqualified politicians. Jonah Hill as Jason Orlean and Meryl Streep as President Janie Orlean in Don’t Look Up. Mindy for their reliance on data and academic jargon. Jason Orlean (Jonah Hill), the president’s dimwitted son, who happens to be her chief of staff and an overt reference to Eric Trump, thrives on disseminating misinformation and ridiculing both Kate and Dr. In the early going, such as the Oval Office meeting between the trio of scientists and the president, the punchlines come quick. Openly ridiculing America’s mistrust of facts, Don’t Look Up is all about science, baby. But Lawrence struggles to get on the same wavelength, often overplaying the laughs and sight gags for a tad more dramatic effect than the scene calls for. Performance-wise, both Morgan and DiCaprio (an underrated comedic actor) are game. Don’t Look Up is all about science, baby. The president, Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep), who the viewer should presume is Republican, is more concerned with pushing through a controversial Supreme Court nominee than confronting the looming disaster. Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan), to inform the president about the grave danger facing the planet. Mindy team up with the head of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination, Dr. McKay initially tries to set up a comedic triple act in Don’t Look Up. Clayton 'Teddy' Oglethorpe in Don’t Look Up. Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky, Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. But McKay’s heavy-handedness when translating the narrative’s messaging for laughs often chokes away this bloated film’s emotional resonance. Strangelove and Network, but without their comedic nimbleness, Don’t Look Up bears unmistakable allusions to the world’s present pandemic crisis. Rather than handing the heroics over to astronauts or the military, he stays with the scientists.īearing similarities to Dr. But McKay doesn’t take the obvious route. As one character in Don’t Look Up says, “America always needs a hero.” And so do the movies. As seen in Armageddon, Deep Impact, Independence Day, and so forth, the scientist discovers the doomsday maker, and the attention slowly shifts to the “real” heroes: the brawny brave astronauts tasked with saving the planet. The opening to Don’t Look Up is a common disaster movie trope. This comet is a planet killer, and it’s on a collision course toward Earth. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio), arrives at a worse revelation. But her astronomy professor, the vexed Dr. astronomy candidate Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) assembles a modest meal as she makes an exciting discovery.Īs the redhead steeps her tea and scrapes a glob of jelly on her toast, she suddenly discovers a long-lost comet that hasn’t whizzed past the planet since the dawn of humanity. In Adam McKay’s grand, apocalyptic political satire, Don’t Look Up, Ph.D. ![]()
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