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I picked up It’s a Disaster <\/a><\/strong><\/em>because I saw David Cross on the cover, and went in with low expectations (I mean, he was in all three Alvin and the Chipmunks<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>movies). The cover on the dvd looks cheesy (a shame, since the theatrical poster <\/a>is so fantastic) and the premise seemed a tad forced:<\/p>\n Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.<\/em><\/p>\n But I was pleasantly surprised. \u00a0Julia Stiles, America Ferrera, David Cross, and Erinn Hayes are all fantastic in this dark comedy. Written and performed with the pacing of a play, It’s a Disaster<\/strong> <\/em>is for fans of live theater and comedy shows.<\/p>\n What makes this movie stand out from other independent comedies is the fantastic build-up. \u00a0The first part of the film is paced slowly and leads the viewer to believe that this will be a standard examination of the relationships of people in their thirties. \u00a0As the story progresses, there are a smattering of twists and surprises (some much more surprising than others) that help build on the film’s twisted sense of humor. \u00a0 Don’t be surprised if you’re left asking, how would I react if I knew I only had a few more hours to live?<\/p>\n Fans of The House of Yes<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, Igby Goes Down<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and Election<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>or anything featuring David Cross<\/a> should give this movie a try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I picked up It’s a Disaster because I saw David Cross on the cover, and went in with low expectations (I mean, he was in all three Alvin and the Chipmunks movies). The cover on the dvd looks cheesy (a shame, since the theatrical poster is so fantastic) and the[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[470,165,713,2468],"class_list":["post-21135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvds","category-reference","tag-friendship","tag-humor","tag-marriage","tag-the-worlds-end"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-5uT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21135"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21163,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21135\/revisions\/21163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}