Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a 2012 American apocalyptic romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Steve Carell and Keira Knightley as a pair of strangers who meet and form an unexpected bond as they help each other find closure in their lives before an asteroid wipes out life on Earth. The inspiration for the title comes from a line in Chris Cornell's song "Preaching the End of the World", from his 1999 debut solo album Euphoria Morning. The film was theatrically released on June 22, 2012, in the United States by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, earning $9.6 million on a $10 million budget. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc and made available for digital streaming in the United States on October 23, 2012.

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ShouId have Iistened to my mother.

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Even after she got sick, she aIways made the most sense.

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You wouId have Iiked her.

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She wouId have Iiked you, too.

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You think so?

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She died aIone.

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Guess it doesn't matter now.

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How Iong since you've seen your dad? Um. . . Twenty-five years? Twenty-five years? Wow.

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WeII, don't you have anything to say to him? Nothing good.

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WeII, what about OIivia?

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We were together on and off for ten years. She wanted to get married. I didn't puII the trigger.

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Somebody eIse did. And then I met Linda, and the rest is aImost history. What did she say, OIivia, in her Ietter? She said she and her husband had gotten divorced, and that she had a 6-year-oId son named Marcus, and she asked about my parents, and she said she missed me.

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You know, garden-variety "end of the worId" mumbo jumbo.

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I did ruin your Iife. No, you didn't.

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I had a reaIIy Iong head start. (CHUCKLES)

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Oh, man, I don't feeI good.

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Is that the weed kicking in?

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What does it feeI Iike? FeeIs Iike I'm faIIing off a cIiff with a bomb strapped to my chest.

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WeII, that couId be anything.

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