Does everybody remember the movie Armageddon? If you do, the next few sentences won't spoil anything for you. Imagine if there was a What If premise off of that movie's ending. That exist in the movie Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, an independent comedy starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley. Carell plays Dodge, a man whose personal life unravels after he finds out the world is going to end. As the world is on the final countdown, Dodge cross paths with Penny(Knightley), a neighbor that he has never met before. Due to certain events that connect them, they embark on a road trip to work on their "bucket list". The movie does a good job of examining the things we would do if we collectively found out we don't have much time to live. It also feels an apocalyptic version of Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind due to the relationship between Dodge and Penny. There are questions presented that we never get an answer to by the end and the movie slows down in the second half. Overall, I did like the movie. If you're not up for a movie examining people's reaction to extreme crisis, you may want to wait a moment for it.
Review: 7.3 out of 10
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