Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’: A Timely Title

Keira Knightley and Steve Carell in the romantic comedy-drama “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World,” a film about a man’s journey to reunite with his high school sweetheart before the world ends.

R | 1h 41min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 22 June 2012 (USA)

It’s now the year 2020. We’ve all had enough of the COVID. It’s probably safe to say we’re all looking for a friend for the end of the world, in some way, shape, or form.

“Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” came out in 2012. Hollywood was cashing in on all that business about the Mayan calendar, which was long known to have predicted that 2012 would be the official end of the world. Remember all that? How quaint it all was. Never a more opportune time for a movie titled “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.”