Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

Directed by

Lorene Scafaria

Genre

drama film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, disaster film, romantic comedy, apocalyptic film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 2,264 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The world is ending in three weeks as an asteroid heads for Earth. A man abandoned by his wife and a woman from his apartment building team up to track down their past loves and find some closure before the end.

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What happens

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a 2012 American apocalyptic romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Steve Carell and Keira Knightley as a pair of strangers who meet and form an unexpected bond as they help each other find closure in their lives before an asteroid wipes out life on Earth. The inspiration for the title comes from a line in Chris Cornell's song "Preaching the End of the World", from his 1999 debut solo album Euphoria Mourning. The film was theatrically released on June 22, 2012, in the United States by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, earning $9.6 million on a $10 million budget. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc and made available for digital streaming in the United States on October 23, 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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