Archive for July 4th, 2012

Short Take: An enjoyable dark comedy that could have used a bit more drama

Director: Lorene Scafaria

Screenwriter: Lorene Scafaria

Cast: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Synopsis: After his wife flees their marriage, Dodge (Carell) is left alone in the three weeks before a gigantic asteroid, innocuously named Matilda, destroys Earth. Unable to take part in the pre-apocalypse debauchery over fear that he’s wasted his life, Dodge is instead determined to find his high school sweetheart after he receives a long-lost love letter from her. Helping him on the journey is his neighbor Penny (Knightley), who is looking to find a way to fly back to her family in England. As they travel, Penny and Dodge meet other people dealing with their imminent end in a plethora of ways and discover that what they’re searching for may not be what they really need.

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