I feel like I’ve just been yelled at for 2 hours by Adam McKay.
It’s extremely on the nose, but you can’t really tackle this in a subtle way, so it’s quite effective at what it does.
I don’t think it’s necessarily about climate change specifically, you can apply this metaphor to any sensitive topic we collectively like to be ignorant towards.
Just to be clear: I agree with most of it and laughed quite a bit, even if it is a little disingenuous and samey at points.
It’s well made, but a lot of scenes are just spins on the same idea: the masses are ignorant, shallow and superficial, while the people in power are too concerned with pr, presentation and corporate interests.
Sure, that’s hard to disagree with nowadays, but it should’ve gone a little deeper in order to find the better and more biting satire.
Is there really no place for escapism in Adam McKay’s ideal world? Is it really the media’s fault (as the film implies) that sensitive and important topics are tackled as infotainment?
It’s a little hypocritical when you consider that McKay directed _The Big Short_, a film that tackles the financial crisis in a fun, somewhat simplified way.
It literally has a scene with Margot Robbie in a bathtub explaining what mortgage bonds are, which I definitely only remember because of my interest in mortgage bonds.

The performances are good, even if DiCaprio does his usual thing of screaming in order to sell emotion.
The bigger problem is that none of the characters are particularly interesting.
It’s a huge missed opportunity to get such a great cast, only to get wasted by having everyone play a stereotype.
Also, it is a little too long, this would run much smoother if they took 15-25 minutes out.

6.5/10