Peter Bart: Adam McKay And His A-List ‘Don’t Look Up’ Cast Challenge Audiences To At Least Crack A Smile About End Of The World
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deadline.comAre filmgoers ready for Don’t Look Up? It’s a star-laden satire dealing with hot topics of the moment – everything from the climate crisis to media disarray and the firings of news anchors.Hit movies tend to owe their success to the luck of timing, not topicality – at least that’s the theory of studio insiders, those of us who once greenlit movies.
The mood of the audience seemed primed for Titanic in 1998 or Platoon in 1986 or Dr. Strangelove in 1964 or even West Side Story in 1962 (oops, but not the one in 2021).At a moment when high-profile movies are opening to drab numbers, this holiday season in particular would seem to need relevance.
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