Don’t Look Up Film — Another Moronic Comedy from the Formerly Funny Adam McKay

At last, Adam McKay has given us his Dr. Strangelove. Watch out, Stanley Kubrick.

McKay’s end-of-the-world Netflix satire, Don’t Look Up, expends 140 brain-injuriously unfunny minutes (the bloat and flabbiness make it almost half again as long as Strangelove) propelling low-velocity spitballs at social media, Washington, tech moguls, Trumpism, and (this detail feels thrown in at the last minute) anti-vaxxers.

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At last, Adam McKay has given us his Dr. Strangelove. Watch out, Stanley Kubrick.

McKay’s end-of-the-world Netflix satire, Don’t Look Up, expends 140 brain-injuriously unfunny minutes (the bloat and flabbiness make it almost half again as long as Strangelove) propelling low-velocity spitballs at social media, Washington, tech moguls, Trumpism, and (this detail feels thrown in at the last minute) anti-vaxxers.