Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

All Critics (158) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (89) | Rotten (70) | DVD (2)

Though it's clear we're meant to be moved by the big finale, the sight of these two together is so unsettling it's hard not to start rooting for the asteroid.

July 10, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Trevor Johnston

Time Out

Top Critic

Steve Carell and Keira Knightley make for one of the most unlikely and yet one of the most touching romantic couples of the year.

June 26, 2012 Full Review | Comments (5)

Richard Roeper

Richard Roeper.com

Top Critic

This is an exceedingly promising directorial debut for Scafaria, who adapted the winning romance Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.

June 22, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Top Critic

The genuine sweetness of the friendship that develops between these two wins out over any of the movie's failings.

June 22, 2012 Full Review | Comments (9)

Ian Buckwalter

The Atlantic

Top Critic

A movie that may be, in its own small, weird way, the most bizarrely bittersweet and oddly beautiful romance you've seen in quite awhile.

June 22, 2012 Full Review | Comments (4)

Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

Top Critic

Scafaria seems to get disoriented by her own scenario, boxing herself into an apocalypse whose initial absurdities feel so wonderfully right, but where to go from there?

June 22, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

A certain generosity of spirit is required here, but the performances are excellent and the central premise ... is a solid and amusing one.

March 4, 2013 Full Review

Catherine Bray

Film4

Lorene Scafaria's Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a bleak, honest and slightly humorous look at the end of the world that works tremendously well.

November 7, 2012 Full Review

Jeremy Lebens

We Got This Covered

When it comes to Keira Knightley, you can see the cogs grinding; it's far too arch a performance. It's impossible to buy this budding romance.

November 3, 2012 Full Review

Ian Berriman

SFX Magazine

Seeking a Friend mocks the modern rom-com formula, but its apocalyptic gags soon give way to a heart-breaking love story.

October 26, 2012 Full Review

Christian Toto

Big Hollywood

'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World' is funny, but also profound and tragic.

October 23, 2012 Full Review

Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

Scafaria's brand of refreshingly sharp wit and insight will deliver for her fans but it wouldn't be the end of the world if you sought the movie out on the home video circuit.

October 2, 2012 Full Review

Kofi Outlaw

ScreenRant

A heartfelt romantic-comedy that turns a predictable story into a genuinely enjoyable adventure.

September 30, 2012 Full Review

Sam Bathe

Fan The Fire

Seeking a Friend is two potentially great films fused into one. Unfortunately, the two halves don't peacefully coincide...

September 27, 2012 Full Review

Adam Ross

The Aristocrat

Seeking A Friend for the End of the World is one of my favorite movies of the year; I loved every minute of it, especially any time Carell and Knightley get to share the screen and talk.

September 14, 2012 Full Review

Jonathan Lack

We Got This Covered

While the idea of impending doom might suggest darker themes and a downbeat plot, this is an altogether calmer-geddon, with a muted, nuanced lead performance from Steve Carell, a cool-kid soundtrack and heartwarming overtones.

September 13, 2012 Full Review

Matt Looker

TheShiznit.co.uk

Each scene plays out like a cleverly crafted vignette that gives the film a freshness and propulsion often missing from the romantic comedy genre. It also doesn't hurt to throw the looming apocalypse in there for good measure.

September 10, 2012 Full Review

Justin Craig

FoxNews.com

Writer/director Lorene Scafaria moves her apocalyptic rom-com into new territory for such a formula-driven genre.

August 28, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jim Schembri

3AW

Heart and humour in the countdown to Armageddon.

August 23, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Don Groves

sbs.com.au

Lorene Scafaria, the screenwriter behind Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, makes a charming directorial debut with Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.

July 15, 2012 Full Review | Comments (2)

Tara Brady

Irish Times

"Knock knock." "Who's there?" "Armageddon". "Armageddon who?" "Armageddon tired of watching this lousy movie."

July 14, 2012 Full Review | Comments (13)

Philip French

Observer [UK]

A funnier, deadly ironic ending was surely on the cards, but even without, this is a disarming, largely entertaining smattering of philosophies and worldviews.

July 14, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Shaun Munro

What Culture

Scafaria makes sure that the apocalypse may be in full impact but the importance of having each other at the last moment is the lasting, comforting thought.

July 14, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Lisa Giles-Keddie

Real.com

With a few surprises in store and some good music choices, this is a little gem of a film.

July 13, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Roz Laws

Birmingham Mail

Brilliantly sweet and snarky.

July 13, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jon Hamblin

SFX Magazine

Intelligence and subtle wit inform debut director Lorene Scafaria's heartfelt look at unlikely romance blossoming in the shadow of Earth's obliteration by a giant asteroid.

July 13, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Alan Jones

Radio Times

• 1. Penny: I wish we met each other a long time ago. When we were kids.
  2. Dodge: It couldn't have happened any other way. It had to happen now.
  3. Penny: But it isn't enough time--
  4. Dodge: It never would have been.
  – Submitted by Monique N (7 months ago)
• 1. Penny: I won't steal anything, if you promise not to rape me.
  2. Dodge: Okay.
  – Submitted by Ron P (11 months ago)
• 1. Penny: Is she the one that got away?
  2. Dodge: Well they all got away but... she was the first.
  – Submitted by Chris P (11 months ago)
• 1. Penny: So, what are you doing with the rest of your life?
  2. Dodge: Catching up on some me time.
  – Submitted by Chris P (11 months ago)

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