After a couple of decent tangy gags about the upcoming apocalypse, this morbid film focuses on its two ghastly central characters: Steve Carell's morose insurance salesman, Dodge, and Keira Knightley's drippy bohemian, Penny.
Two people you would make great efforts to avoid if the world was coming to an end. The mismatched duo set out on some oddly empty highways to track down his lost love and her far-away family before the asteroid destroys humankind. The giant rock can't come fast enough...
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