Writer/director Lorene Scafaria moves her apocalyptic rom-com into new territory for such a formula-driven genre.
- Jim Schembri, 3AW, August 28, 2012
Heart and humour in the countdown to Armageddon.
- Don Groves, sbs.com.au, August 23, 2012
[It] unfortunately invites a lethal dose of scepticism towards its cutesy last-ditch matchmaking, obligatory road-trip plotting, and thinly funny jibes at the rest of humankind.
- Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph, July 13, 2012
As ever, without a funny script, Carell looks and sounds like the world's creepiest serial killer.
- Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK], July 12, 2012
Though it's clear we're meant to be moved by the big finale, the sight of these two together is so unsettling it's hard not to start rooting for the asteroid.
- Trevor Johnston, Time Out, July 10, 2012
Perhaps not as funny or affecting as you'd hope, but Carell and Knightley make for good company for the darkest days.
- Ian Freer, Empire Magazine, July 08, 2012
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley make for one of the most unlikely and yet one of the most touching romantic couples of the year.
- Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com, June 26, 2012
This is an exceedingly promising directorial debut for Scafaria, who adapted the winning romance Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.
- Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post, June 22, 2012
The genuine sweetness of the friendship that develops between these two wins out over any of the movie's failings.
- Ian Buckwalter, The Atlantic, June 22, 2012
A movie that may be, in its own small, weird way, the most bizarrely bittersweet and oddly beautiful romance you've seen in quite awhile.
- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger, June 22, 2012
Scafaria seems to get disoriented by her own scenario, boxing herself into an apocalypse whose initial absurdities feel so wonderfully right, but where to go from there?
- Rick Groen, Globe and Mail, June 22, 2012
It's too bad the movie chose to go so gentle into that good night.
- Rafer Guzman, Newsday, June 22, 2012
"Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' has its laughs, but pretty much every single one of them is in the trailer.
- Lou Lumenick, New York Post, June 22, 2012
Unsure whether it wants to be a quirky, sad-eyed indie pixie or a brassy, raunchy broad, it veers uneasily between the two, never quite settling into a comfortable or recognizable groove.
- Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, June 22, 2012
This is a romantic comedy for people who don't like rom-coms. There's no chance of a happy ending, but its tender mercies speak volumes.
- Claudia Puig, USA Today, June 21, 2012
"Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," a half-tender portrait of two very lonely hearts in the closing weeks of humanity's run on Earth, is a strange movie.
- Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle, June 21, 2012
A certain generosity of spirit is required here, but the performances are excellent and the central premise ... is a solid and amusing one.
- Catherine Bray, Film4, March 04, 2013
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is as insufferable as its title.
- Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, July 12, 2012
A failed attempt to mix genres, made worse by a lot of misplaced schmaltz.
- Jessica Lambert, Little White Lies, July 12, 2012
The problem with this nice-try comedy is the nice-guy protagonist.
- Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 22, 2012
