Nonostante un grande cast, il film non sa quale strada prendere. Se doveva essere una satira grottesca che prende di mira chi ci governa, fallisce miseramente. Il personaggio di Meryl Streep (il Presidente) è assolutamente ridicolo come gran parte dei personaggi di contorno. L'unico a salvarsi è Leonardo Di Caprio che infonde nel suo ruolo tutte le ansie, le paure di un'imminente catastrofe. L'analogia con il Dr. Stanamore c'è, ma a differenza del capolavoro di Kubrick, questo film una volta visto (e con tanti sbadigli) cade nel dimenticatoio.
Great disappointment
Despite a great cast, the film does not know which path to take. If it was supposed to be a grotesque satire that takes aim at those who govern us, it fails miserably. Meryl Streep's character (the President) is absolutely ridiculous as are most of the supporting characters. The only one to save himself is Leonardo Di Caprio who infuses his role with all the anxieties and fears of an imminent catastrophe. The analogy with Dr. Strangelove is there, but unlike Kubrick's masterpiece, this film once seen (and with many yawns) falls into oblivion.
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Reply by Peter
on April 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Well, looking at what's happening since January 2025, this movie more and more seems to be prophetic.... All of what's depicted in the film basically came true: a rather dumb president who gives a s**t about facts, an autistic super rich entrepreneur who thinks he and his ideas will save the world - ehm sorry, make him richer, and a huge mass of followers who will believe in facts and science only when they jump in their face - when it's too late. Dumdidum....let's see how it's going to turn out in reality, but a happy end is highly unlikely, it seems.