Samuel L. Jackson’s latest movie is going down a storm online. 2020 has often been described as a Black Mirror episode come to life, and while Netflix didn’t offer up a new episode of the sci-fi anthology show, creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones did produce Death to 2020, a tongue-in-cheek mockumentary that looks back at the apocalyptic events of the past year.
The 70-minute special features a range of famous faces, including the MCU star, who plays a New York journalist in the Laurence Fishburne-narrated dark comedy. Other major names who appear alongside him in talking head segments include Hugh Grant as an eccentric historian, Lisa Kudrow as a conservative spokeswoman, Leslie Jones as an anti-social behavior psychologist, Joe Keery as a YouTube personality and Cristin Milioti as a stereotypical “Karen.”
Critics have been pretty stuffy about it, but Twitter users seem to have fallen in love with Death to 2020 since it dropped on the streaming giant on December 27th. And here’s just a flavor of the praise going around on social media.
The creators of @blackmirror have done it again. Their mockumentary, Death to 2020 was fantastic. Watch it on Netflix. #NetflixStreamFest #deathto2020 pic.twitter.com/v7eCLuAgZV
— Camille Orfao (@CamilleOrfao) December 27, 2020
The most hilarious thing 2020’s given us.
https://twitter.com/MusewitheMoon/status/1343474825575034880
Jackson’s segments definitely didn’t hold back.
I already love it. #deathto2020 pic.twitter.com/9do1AII9fh
— KT🍥 (@royalkainess) December 27, 2020
See?
it's called echolocation my guy #Deathto2020 pic.twitter.com/JSn47uCvF3
— kava – adult theatre kid (@apocalipstickzz) December 27, 2020
Milioti was terrific, too.
Cristin milioti is so good at whatever she does ❤#Deathto2020 #netflix pic.twitter.com/yUnhOzDolT
— Karthik (@karthik_rus) December 27, 2020
Not to mention Kudrow.
https://twitter.com/latiziabionda_/status/1343228390199992324
And Hugh Grant, with his Game of Thrones gags.
Not Hugh grant dressed as a historian comparing the pandemic to the White walkers' invasion and calling Game of thrones real history 😂#Deathto2020 #netflix pic.twitter.com/AOc4Dr1v33
— Karthik (@karthik_rus) December 27, 2020
“Sheer brilliance.”
If you have Netflix, you need to watch Death to 2020. Man, I laughed so hard. Sheer brilliance. #DeathTo2020 pic.twitter.com/GXfmQ7Mozo
— Darren Lacey (He/Him/Homo AF) (@dazlarrr) December 27, 2020
Outstanding!
#deathto2020 time worth spent on this show. Outstanding 🔥👌🏾🔥 pic.twitter.com/yBpo6xi9TO
— Phill (@Uyu_Phill) December 27, 2020
The credits even found time to squeeze in an extra slice of Jackson. And he’s never been so relatable.
https://twitter.com/meloathdy/status/1343251667731546114
2020 was a slim year for new releases for the star, but that’s not the case for 2021. Samuel L. Jackson has got three major movies due out soon – crime thriller The Asset co-starring Michael Keaton and Maggie Q, flashy Saw reboot Spiral and The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, the sequel to the 2017 action-comedy also featuring Ryan Reynolds and Salma Hayek. He’s set to reprise Nick Fury in Marvel’s Secret Invasion TV series as well, which is in development now.
Tell us, though, have you caught Death to 2020 on Netflix yet? If so, did you enjoy it? Share your reactions in the comments section down below.