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Adam McKay Says ‘Don’t Look Up’ Was ‘Hated’ by ‘Critics and Cultural Gatekeepers’ but Seen by an Estimated ‘400 Million to Half a Billion’ People on Netflix
Adam McKay says "Don't Look Up" was seen by an estimated 400 million to half a billion people on Netflix despite being hated by critics.
Adam McKay said in an interview with NME that his satirical comedy “Don’t Look Up” was seen by an estimated “400 million to half a billion” people on Netflix despite being “hated” by “the critics and the cultural gatekeepers.” The director was talking about the L.A. fires and climate change when the topic of “Don’t Look Up” came up, as McKay and his star-studded cast, including Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, were outspoken during the film’s 2021 release about it being a metaphor for climate change. McKay continued, “The estimates of how many people saw that movie – Netflix will never say exactly – but it’s somewhere between 400 million and half a billion. “Don’t Look Up” stars DiCaprio and Lawrence as astronomers touring the country in order to warn Americans about an approaching comet that will destroy human civilization.
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