Overlong, funny, wry, trenchant black comedy about a crisis threatening the earth, and the dull-witted response of the government, the media and the public. Leo Di Caprio is the slightly awkward scientist, Jennifer Laurence his outspoken comrade, Meryl Streep the President and Jonah Hill a sarcastic and incompetent Chief of Staff. Mark Rylance is the Zuckerberg figure who's actually the most powerful person in the country ('Bash Media' is credited as the film's production company!) He has developed an algorithm that predicts exactly how you will die!
The Ariana Grande number should have been cut entirely, it slows the film down, which at 2 hours 18 is too much. In fact now I think about it, cut all the Ariana Grande stuff. With Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry, Rob Morgan, Timothée Chalamet, Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey (who looks more familiar than she has a right to).
Photographed by Linus Sandgren (didn't even notice it and thus need to watch again), exceptional editing from Hank Corwin, music by Nicholas Britell.
Spunky Laurence: "Unless you're taking me to the Bat Cave, fuck you for putting this hood on me."
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| Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry make great shallow news presenters |
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