Overview

• The film premiered May 31 on HBO and Max, followed by a June 1 launch on Jio Hotstar in India, marking Jesse Armstrong’s feature directorial debut.
• It stars Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith and Ramy Youssef as tech moguls whose weekend retreat coincides with a global crisis triggered by their own innovations.
• Shot at a lavish, isolated Deer Valley chalet outside Park City, Utah, the setting underscores the characters’ detachment from the consequences of their actions.
• Critics have delivered mixed reviews, praising the film’s ambition and thematic depth while noting uneven pacing and a lack of narrative focus.
• The story satirizes toxic masculinity, the perils of unregulated AI and the callousness of the ultra-wealthy in a darkly comic chamber drama format.