A much simpler focus than the norm for disaster flicks. It rings true, and I like it for that.

"if you knew it was your last day on earth, would you get high?" "eh, depends if the alternative is arguing with my dumb bitch girlfriend and (literally) watching paint dry."

Another end-of-the-world film, focusing on a NYC couple (Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh) who love, fight, and wait for the inevitable. It has effective moments of character and atmosphere, and Dafoe is as strong as ever. But it takes a number of pretentious detours (environmentalism, Buddhist mysticism) and is burdened with uneven writing, cheap special effects, a glut of stock footage and Leigh's poor performance (and her character isn't much to begin with). Mostly for Dafore or Abel Ferrara fans.

On what would you spend your last day? Sex 'n' Skype, of course!

Garbage, which is unfortunate because there have been a few good end of the world films lately (Melancholia, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) and I was hoping this would be one of them. It's not.

"It's only natural that Abel Ferrara's vision of the end of the world should take corporeal form as a quasi-autobiographical hangout movie." - Jaime N. Christley

Weak characters, especially the girlfriend, and too great a resemblance to an improv exercise, mar this rather aimless, if thankfully brief, exploration of collective mortality.

Does a lot with the contrast between the constant touching (try and count the hugs, which are lingered upon whenever two characters interact) with the equally constant but painfully detached video chatting.

There's something distracting about the Skype calls that take away from the more philosophical aspects. Even if they do tie into the themes of connecting with others while also being distanced from them, they don't really work that well. Also it's kind of lacking flare. NEEDS MORE FLARE!

I appreciated certain elements: the use of found footage to underline the idea that the last day is a lot like other days, the visual ruminating on isolation versus community, and Dafoe's chiseled face. However, the film limps along, has little in the way of emotional resonance, and left me wondering for most of its run time whether their last day on earth would be a result of death by boredom rather than the dramatic scientific cause given in the script.