It's a Disaster

2012
R
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

12K

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Eight friends meet for their monthly couples brunch, but what starts as an impromptu therapy session takes a sudden, catastrophic turn when the city falls victim to a mysterious attack. Trapped in the house and unsure of their fates, these seemingly normal people become increasingly unhinged to hilarious, surprising, and revealing results.

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Dark Comedy Comedy Drama

Four couples meet for Sunday brunch, then discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.Four couples meet for Sunday brunch, then discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.Four couples meet for Sunday brunch, then discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

12K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins total

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Trivia
Todd Berger based each character on various different stages of grief.

Goofs
Glen calls the final book of the Bible "Revelations" instead of its correct name "Revelation". A Bible History teacher would never make such a mistake.

Quotes
Hedy: Do you think that when we die, we have to wear the clothes we died in for all of eternity?
Buck: No way. I bet we get those kickin' white robes like you see in the old cartoons.
Hedy: I look awful in white. Maybe Emma would let me borrow some sweats.
Buck: I bet you get a sweet-ass harp too.
Hedy: Hmmmm...
[scoffs]
Hedy: Do you have any idea how many human beings are estimated to have lived and died on Earth throughout all of time?
Buck: I have absolutely no idea.
Hedy: 106 billion.
Buck: Wow.
Hedy: Yeah. So what you're saying is that when we die we're going to a place where 106 billion people are sitting around playing the harp. That would be really fucking annoying.

Crazy credits
The finale of Tchiakovsky's 1812 Overture is heard just as the ending credits begin. This is a callback to the beginning of the movie when Glen turns the car radio off just before this segment begins.

Connections
References The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Soundtracks
1812 Overture
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Pyotr Tchaikovsky)
Performed by The Apollo Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Partners in Rhyme, Inc.

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7/10

You don't need a big budget to make a movie about the world ending

I quite enjoyed this movie. Usually a end-of-the-world-movie involves lots of explosions but this movie took a whole different view on it.

The plot was genius: put a bunch of friends together, add a new person and make the world end. Taking place in a single house was a real nice idea, the mystery of not knowing what was going on outside really helped the plot.

The interactions the characters had in this film where funny, crazy and believable. Though its not a comedy where you are laughing all the time I found myself laughing more than in most big comedies.

Top notch acting really added to the experience. You normally don't expect such a cast in a low budget movie.