Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Y2K

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Directed by Kyle Mooney
Produced by Jonah Hill, Christopher Storer, Matt Dines, Alison Goodwin, Cooper Wehde, and Evan Winter
Written by Kyle Mooney and Evan Winter
With: Jaeden Lieberher, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Daniel Zolghadri, Lachlan Watson, Fred Durst, Kyle Mooney, Eduardo Franco, Mason Gooding, The Kid Laroi, Lauren Balone, Alicia Silverstone, and Tim Heidecker
Cinematography: Bill Pope
Editing: David Marks
Music: Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans
Runtime: 91 min
Release Date: 06 December 2024
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color

I think I am of an age where the humor of Kyle Mooney literally just doesn't register. It's kind of like how my hearing has matured to the point where I no longer hear high-pitched whines. I don't consider this a degradation, as I'm very happy not to have annoying sounds in my ears; it's one of the perks of middle age. Thus, I'm sure I would loathe and despise the Millennial comedian's latest feature—an unexcusably lazy retread of Superbad and This Is the End that poses the question, what if the impending Y2K computer bug of 1999 launched a sentient computer take-over of Earth?—as much as I would hate the short films he makes for SNL if I could actually take those in as comedy. However, since nothing he does registers to me, I can't get all that worked up about it.

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Kyle Mooney's unexcusably lazy retread of Superbad and This Is the End poses the question, what if the impending Y2K computer bug of 1999 launched a sentient computer take-over of Earth?