Billboards for “Don’t Look Up” feature Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, along Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 16, 2021. Boldface names have always mattered at the movies, but a number of recent casts have been full of them — that hasn’t always helped at the box office. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
LOS ANGELES — On Friday, Netflix began streaming “Don’t Look Up,” a big-budget satire starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Tyler Perry, Ariana Grande, Jonah Hill, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Timothée Chalamet.
It sure seemed like a must-watch event, mixed reviews be darned. Casts so ultracelestial — embarrassments of celebrity riches — don’t come along every day.
Except that now they do.
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