The film isn't bad, the acting is great, a lot of the comedy lands but its satire (largely on the climate crisis but also applicable to the COVID-19 pandemic as well) is too on the nose to convince anyone outside it's target demographic to change their stance. Heck at some points the movie just straight up ceases to be satire and screams at the naysayers/deniers for being dumbasses even in the face of overwhelming evidence.
Don't get me wrong it worked for me, at times it was eerily close to actual real life events but I sincerely doubt this approach is going to convince anyone who doesn't share a similar mindset as me. A good satire should even make people outside of it's target demographic at least think and ponder on their stance, if I was a climate change denier/anti vaxxer this film would just feel like it's talking down to me. After all it's not us we need to convince, it's them.
Don't get me wrong it worked for me, at times it was eerily close to actual real life events but I sincerely doubt this approach is going to convince anyone who doesn't share a similar mindset as me. A good satire should even make people outside of it's target demographic at least think and ponder on their stance, if I was a climate change denier/anti vaxxer this film would just feel like it's talking down to me. After all it's not us we need to convince, it's them.