Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

I wasn't expecting a whole lot from this film, but it was a pleasant surprise.  I even found myself blubbering at the end. 

In the context of the end of all things, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World takes a look at our humanity. What would you do with your life if you knew the end was really approaching? Would you become a complete hedonist? Let your animal instincts take over? Or would you embrace the relationships, old and new, that have grown and faded throughout your life?   It's those human relationships that are addressed in this wonderful film.   

It isn't getting the critical acclaim that last year's awful Melancholia miraculously received.  The only good part of that movie was the destruction of the earth that ended the pain of watching it.  I found Seeking a Friend for the End of the World to be far superior. By the end, what started out as a serio-comic observation imperceptibly transformed into a powerful character study of people (Steve Carrell as the bewilderd Dodge and Keira Knightly as the free-spirited Penny) I cared about. It made no attempt to consider what happens after the world ends and leaves that up to the viewer. 

I saw the film just to avoid the 90+ degree heat outside and found myself grateful for the opportunity to see a good end of the world story. It was even worth paying Loews' outrageous senior citizen rate.