It's a Disaster is a 2012, comedy starring David Cross, Julia Stiles, America Ferrera, Jeff Grace, Erinn Hayes, Kevin M. Brennan, Blaise Miller, Rachel Boston, and Todd Berger. In the film a group of couples all get together for their regular couples brunch. Three of the couples are either married or in long term relationships with the one outlier being Julie Stiles' character Tracy, who has brought along her new boyfriend Glenn (played by David Cross). As you'd expect with just about any movie involving couples, they're all in different situations; One couple is headed for divorce, one couple is made up of two free-spirits, and one couple has someone who is hesitant to set a wedding date. However, where this differs from a typical relationship-comedy is the fact that a major disaster is going to kill them all.
Shortly after everyone arrives for brunch, the power and phone lines go out. The group is alerted by a neighbor that there were a series of explosions downtown, and toxic gas is heading their way. It's a pretty simple setup that could get old pretty quickly but, the film moves along at a brisk pace and the dialogue is witty enough to keep things entertaining. It's not a particularly great movie but it's fun and I got a few laughs out of it.
I give this one a 3 out of 5
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