Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	June 22, 2012
On DVD:	October 23, 2012
Genre:	Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Director:	Lorene Scafaria
Writer:	Lorene Scafaria
Cast:	Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Roger Aaron Brown, Tonita Castro, Rob Corddry, Melinda Dillon, Rob Huebel, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T.J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt, William Petersen, Lindsay Sloane, Bob Stephenson
Studio:	Focus Features
Running Time:	101 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for language including sexual references, some drug use and brief violence

Steve Carell and Keira Knightley star in the comedy "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," which marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Lorene Scafaria ("Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist"). Set in a too-near future, the movie explores what people will do when humanity's last days are at hand. As the respective journeys of Dodge (Carell) and Penny (Knightley) converge, the two spark to each other and their outlooks – if not...

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It's the alternate ending to Armageddon we never asked for. The space shuttle destroyed, a massive asteroid hurtling toward earth, humanity has days before it is wiped from the planet, and the planet destroyed. Within this context is set Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, a romantic quasi-comedy with lots of promise and not much else.

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