It's a Disaster Reviews

A quirky comedy of manners about the last party you would ever want to attend.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

If you can look past the awkwardness of humor based on being unexpectedly trapped in a house during a major emergency, it's an acutely observed, frequently funny piece of work.

Full Review | Original Score: B-

While Berger's approach to satire and social commentary is somewhat scattershot, his reference-heavy dialogue is sharp enough to allow each cast member to make an impression.

Full Review | Original Score: 7.2/10

Berger's one to watch.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

The humour may not be wickedly black, but once in a while it's amusingly beige.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

You certainly wouldn't want to spend your last moments with this bunch, but a couple of hours watching them is enjoyable enough.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Berger peppers the dialogue with enough clever lines and observational humor about the nature of relationships and human fallibility to make for an entertaining and darkly comic film.

Full Review | Original Score: B

The movie's funniest touches are quiet flashes of character, expertly timed and nimbly played by a deft ensemble. "It's a Disaster" is consistently funny, but you wince more often than you laugh out loud.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

"It's a Disaster" wouldn't be a bad choice for the last movie you see before life on Earth comes to a crashing halt.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Dark end-of-the-world comedy is witty but mature.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

A character-driven drama that mixes humor and seriousness when eight people are forced to take stock of their options as a nerve-gas cloud heads their way.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

The apocalypse is the catalyst for a dissection of modern self-absorption; there's nothing like a major disaster to rouse you from a technologically-induced zombie state.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

It's not laugh-out-loud hysterical, but the ensemble -- Cross and the always-amusing Hayes in particular -- establishes a just-zany-enough rapport that's enjoyable rather than irritating.

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Berger never takes the camera more than a few yards outside the house, but that's fine; there's plenty going on inside, as characters carom off each other like billiard balls, slipping down pockets of misunderstanding and jealousy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

The movie elicits knowing smiles more than laughs, even as it reveals a boundless observational awareness about the beefs and slights that, for the small-minded, must feel like everyday Armageddons.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

For most of the way, it's clever and smartly proportioned, with the action confined to one well-exploited location and gags about love, the curdling of long-term friendships and petty social mores popping off everywhere.

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The end of the world seems like not such a bad thing in Todd Berger's gleefully acidic satire about an awkward brunch that turns into a countdown to actual disaster.

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A darkly comic crowd-pleaser built around a strong cast and sharp writing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

It's A Disaster is lively and assured before a third-act twist takes the film in an even more bracingly bleak direction.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Perhaps the first great indie apocalypse potluck comedy.

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