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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - reviewed.

If you were seeking a friend for the end of the world, I hope you weren’t unfortunate enough to find Seeking a Friend for the End of the World . That may be too harsh. After all, the movie didn’t absolutely suck. It was alright, at best, though. I had high hopes because the cast was fairly impressive. Steve Carell and Kiera Knightley lead the cast – filled out by Melanie Lynskey (the girl from Two and a Half Men ), Adam Brody (the dude who was on the O.C. ), William Petersen (you know how he is, C.S.I. fans), Rob Corddry and Patton Oswalt. That’s what should have tipped me off. Anytime you get a bunch of comedians together, the movie can be a hit or miss. Sometimes the comedians are given too much leniency with the script and they ad-lib their way into the ‘trying too hard’ zone. The movie had a few funny moments, but it all felt very...already done. The scene with Patton Oswalt talking about “stuffing the cookie” with Steve Carell was comedic shock value that wasn...