It's a Disaster

It's a Disaster (2013) is an American dark comedy directed by Todd Berger that you can watch online on iFILM. Eight friends gather for a couples' brunch — four pairs, long-running grievances, and one new boyfriend played by David Cross, meeting everyone for the first time. Then the phones die, the power goes out, and it becomes clear that the neighbourhood has been hit by a chemical attack.

Nobody can leave. The four couples are sealed inside with each other, and the impending end of the world turns out to be the least awkward thing in the room. Confessions surface, relationships unravel, and Julia Stiles and América Ferrera get to show exactly how sharp they are in material that actually suits them.

Berger made this for almost nothing and got something genuinely funny out of it — the kind of comedy that works because the social dynamics were already a disaster before the sirens started. Stream It's a Disaster (2013) online on iFILM.