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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandThe pandemic spawned plenty of run-and-gun projects. Many of them chart the circumstances that made them possible, but Wein and Lister-Jones’ winsome spin on a well-trod concept is as fresh and funny as anything inspired by the last few wretched months.
- 82TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve Pondit’s an endearing Sundance bonbon: quirky but not annoying, charming but not cloying, slight but in a good way.
- 79PolygonTasha RobinsonPolygonTasha RobinsonIt’s a pleasant enough hangout movie, and someday it may be held up as a slanted portrait of what mid-2020 felt like for people privileged enough to ignore politics. But it still feels like a minor movie in the face of a major catastrophe.
- 70Film ThreatMatthew PassantinoFilm ThreatMatthew PassantinoYes, it was made during the pandemic, and the storyline serves as a metaphor for our current feelings and experiences, but it doesn’t use the pandemic as a tool to directly prey on our anxieties. It’s a bit more thoughtful and reflective than that. This drama gives us the green light to sit back and say, no matter when the end might be, perhaps we did just fine with our time here.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeIt's more breezy than bittersweet, more about acceptance and forgiveness than a movie made in 2020 has any right to be.
- 70SlashfilmBen PearsonSlashfilmBen PearsonUnderneath all the jokes and humorous moments, the movie is fundamentally about how important it is to love yourself – and about how something so seemingly simple can sometimes be incredibly difficult.
- 63Slant MagazineChris BarsantiSlant MagazineChris BarsantiThe film is so economical in its momentum, and its tone of comic wistfulness so uniform, that its string of tableaux rarely feels jerky.
- 58The Film StageJake Kring-SchreifelsThe Film StageJake Kring-SchreifelsYou need some urgency and momentum to carry a movie like this. The incoming armageddon, occasionally seen as a small CGI blip in the blue sky, doesn’t have it. But as the day ends, Lister-Jones and Spaeny have enough chemistry to supply the real drama.
- 50Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonLister-Jones gives a heartfelt performance as this unhappy woman coming to terms with her disappointments, and she’s assisted by Cailee Spaeny as her character’s younger self. But the slim story and wobbly execution ultimately undermine some deft observations about depression, forgiveness and the inner child who needs to be heard.
- 25The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica Kiang“How It Ends” is not actually an end-of-the-world film at all; here, the Apocalypse is just a well-shucks excuse for a bunch of yak sessions between goofy (but attractive!) oddballs doing quirky shit and Speaking Their Truths on an accelerated timeframe. With all due apologies to the plants, animals, and 7.5bn other souls about to be incinerated in a doomsday fireball, #teammeteor.