It could have been brilliant, but it couldn't figure out just what it wanted to be. Did they want a sarcastic comedy of manners playing on our moronic political leanings? Did it want to say something about the end of the world? Did it want to use this as metaphor for something else? It never really achieved true comedic greatness, although it had its moments.
The humor wasn't sharp enough and consistent enough to rate this as a great comedy. It also dragged on too long for me, maybe ditch the musical sequence that really didn't pay off in the humor department. I could have also done without the infidelity angle as it added zero to the story. There were are few too many pieces to this and leaving some of them out would have greatly improved the story.
The end really blew it, in my opinion. I was hoping for a much stronger pull towards just how this disaster scenario would play out. This wouldn't cause immediate destruction, but would definitely put the planet on a spiral towards mass extinction and destruction. They could have at least walked us through this, just for entertainment value.
The humor wasn't sharp enough and consistent enough to rate this as a great comedy. It also dragged on too long for me, maybe ditch the musical sequence that really didn't pay off in the humor department. I could have also done without the infidelity angle as it added zero to the story. There were are few too many pieces to this and leaving some of them out would have greatly improved the story.
The end really blew it, in my opinion. I was hoping for a much stronger pull towards just how this disaster scenario would play out. This wouldn't cause immediate destruction, but would definitely put the planet on a spiral towards mass extinction and destruction. They could have at least walked us through this, just for entertainment value.