Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

2012 "Nice knowing you."
6.7| 1h41m| R| en| More Info
Released: 22 June 2012 Released
Producted By: Mandate Pictures
Country: United States of America
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As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

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Lorene Scafaria

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Mandate Pictures

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Audience Reviews

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!
Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
alexwesterberg Overall a dull love story but Steve Carrell's always-excellent acting, Keira Knightley's charm and a believably fraught finale carried it up a level to a very respectable romance flick score.
gundyjada Okay i'd just like to say that i made an account just to write this review so not everyone has to suffer like i did. bottom line, don't watch this movie. now i can get past the face that it was COMPLETELY unrealistic due to the fact that they were still able to purchase gas and other every day items DURING THE APOCALYPSE. That i can possibly live with. But what i can't get over is the complete lack of character development and this also COULD have been overlooked if the two main characters didn't fall in love. and i'm thinking if i didn't know anything about the characters, how the hell did they know anthing about each other!? especially since they just DECIDED they were the love of each other's lives in what?? a week? less? I honestly don't know because within the hour and 40 minutes of my life that i wasted, they failed to be consistent with a timeline that would allow me to figure that out. People are writing reviews about how "deep and touching" this movie was? maybe they watched a different movie than me because i no way was i moved by this movie. maybe i moved a little closer to the bathroom because of how repulsed i was by the attempt of comedy within the movie. but not emotionally. I bursted out laughing at the end, so predictable and so stupid. i can't emphasize it enough. do not watch this movie.
jbenante-388-963917 I'm not sure why this movie didn't get a higher overall rating. Sure, there are a number of things in the plot that aren't realistic. So what? It never pretended to be, as far as I can tell, a movie trying to accurately portray the end of the world.The impending End is kind of a silent character hanging over the proceedings. The movie is not so much about the End. The movie is character driven, and often funny and heartbreaking at the same time. It does a pretty decent job of showing how people might react in the situation. Of course, it's speculation. No one can predict how people would really react, and hopefully we won't have to find out any time soon.Carell and Knightley are both very good in the leads. They imbue even more warmth and humanity into the movie, whose script already has quite a bit of warmth and humanity baked into it.I found the ending, in particular, to be quite lovely.People expecting hard-core sci-fi should absolutely steer clear. The sci-fi elements remain very much in the background. But for those with romantic souls (not necessarily sappily romantic), this movie is a must see.
Ashley I would've given this movie a 5 star rating if they would've had the dog with them in the bed while the world was ending. But instead they played with each other's hair and talked about dumb shat. Dogs before thots.I would've given this movie a 5 star rating if they would've had the dog with them in the bed while the world was ending. But instead they played with each other's hair and talked about dumb shat. Dogs before thots..I would've given this movie a 5 star rating if they would've had the dog with them in the bed while the world was ending. But instead they played with each other's hair and talked about dumb shat. Dogs before thots.