Don't Look Up

“Based on truly possible events.”

Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his doctoral student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) need someone, anyone, to believe them: a comet is heading for Earth, and it will end everything. Adam McKay sends them from the White House to the morning-show couch, where President Orlean (Meryl Streep) and the hosts keep steering the talk toward celebrity gossip. Kate grows furious and Randall grows polite, and neither can get a room to take the news seriously.