Don't Look Up (2021)

Amy, Jack, and I really liked this comedy about politicians and others preventing scientists from warning the world about a cataclysmic global event. Some have joked that it's a documentary. Jack says it's a combination of Wag the Dog (1997) and Doctor Strangelove (1964). The actors are stellar: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and Rob Morgan as the earnest scientists, Meryl Streep as the shallow president, Jonah Hill as her small minded son and chief of staff, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry as vacuous news personalities, and Mark Rylance as a manipulative investor. I didn't count the cast exactly, but I estimate almost two hundred are on the imdb cast page. The ensemble is nominated for the SAG award, as mentioned in my list of this year's selected nominations and awards

Director Adam McKay based his screenplay on a story by him and David Sirota. It's 2:39 long but I can't remember if it dragged because we saw it three weeks ago. I don't think it did much.

Nicholas Britell's score, available on Apple Music and elsewhere, is quite pleasant, especially  the cool jazz. The album begins with a single called Just Look Up by Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi, who perform it on screen.

DiCaprio was last blogged for Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, Lawrence for Passengers,  Rob Morgan for Bull, Streep for Let Them All Talk, Hill for Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, Blanchett for Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, Perry for Gone Girl, Rylance for The Trial of the Chicago 7, McKay for Vice, and Britell for Cruella. This is the movie writing debut for Sirota, a newspaper and magazine writer.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics are looking down, with an average of only 55%, while its audiences are slightly higher at 78.

I know it's long, but keep watching because there are two bonuses, one at the beginning of the credits and and one at the very end.

We streamed it on Netflix on December 27.