From left: Cate Blanchett as Brie Evantee, Tyler Perry as Jack Bremmer, Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy and Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky in Adam McKay's "Don't Look Up." (NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX)
From left: Jonah Hill as Jason Orlean, Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy, Meryl Streep as President Janie Orlean and Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky in "Don't Look Up." (NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX)
From left: Cate Blanchett as Brie Evantee, Tyler Perry as Jack Bremmer, Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy and Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky in Adam McKay's "Don't Look Up." (NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX)
Two years ago, “Don’t Look Up,” co-writer and director Adam McKay’s latest socio-political satire, would’ve been seen as an over-the-top exaggeration of how selfish and shortsighted humanity can be during a crisis. Now, it’s an only slightly distorted mirror to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Don’t Look Up” starts with an opening scene not dissimilar to a disaster movie with a planet-killing meteor discovered by Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio), a Michigan State University professor, and Ph.D. student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence).
From left: Jonah Hill as Jason Orlean, Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy, Meryl Streep as President Janie Orlean and Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky in "Don't Look Up." (NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX)
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