Film Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is an end of the world drama/comedy that really makes you wonder about what you would do if you had only a few weeks to live. The film stars Steve Carell and Keira Knightly who I found to unexpectedly have excellent chemistry. The film begins with Dodge (Carell) sitting in his car and hearing that the mission to save mankind from an asteroid that is going to collide with Earth has failed and in three weeks the world is going to end. With this news Dodge's wife leaves him and Dodge considers what he will do with his final days of life. He soon meets Penny (Knightley) and they embark on an adventure that will hopefully lead Dodge to find a love from his past and for Penny to see her family before their time runs out.

Thought Dodge and Penny's journey we come across a variety of characters, so many different characters that are able to give the audience someone to relate to as they wonder how they may react in a situation inwhich we known the world is going to end.

I personally enjoyed this film alot, I did not expect to enjoy it as I assumed Keira Knightly wouldn't be able to pull of a comedic role as she is normally typecast into Periodic roles (Pride and Prejudice, The Duchess, Atonement) and Steve Carell was excellent in this comedic/dramatic role which I often find he does very well. But it turns out I thought this film was great, it had some hilarious moments of comedic relief and plenty of drama, with an ending that is unpredictable and may not be expected this is a film that will make you feel warm inside :)!

This film shows you that there can be good things to come out of a bad situation.