Seeking A Friend for the End of the World

Released: 2012
Drama, Comedy
Director: Lorene Scafaria
Starring: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley
Running Time: 101 minutes
Rated: R

The breakdown: When an asteroid is due to hit Earth in 3 weeks, Steve Carell's wife leaves him and he takes a neighbor on a road trip to find his lost love.

I didn't know what to expect of this film.  I thought it might be stupid, not funny, and certainly not romantic.  It ended up being not funny, but very sweet and romantic.

After Steve Carell's wife leaves him, the world finds out that they only have 3 weeks left to live as a huge asteroid is about to hit and there's been a failed attempt to stop it.

Of course we see humanity at their worst with looting, people stop going to work, everyone's sleeping with everyone and getting drunk, but Carell's character wants none of the bad stuff.  He wants to go across a few states to reconnect with an old high school love.
By accident, a neighbor takes the ride along with him and find the lost love.
It's not the ending I expected, but I liked it a lot.

SEE IT!
4 out of 5 for being something new and thought-provoking as well as very sweet.