"Abbott and Costello Go to Hell" or: (think Six Degrees of Separation From Judd Apatow) facing the Apocalypse

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2013)

THIS IS THE END (2013) *** (As themselves {more or less}: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera, Emma Watson, Mindy Kaling, David Krumholtz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Rhianna, Martin Starr, Paul Rudd, Channing Tatum, Kein Hart, Aziz Ansari) "Abbott and Costello Go to Hell" could've been the working title if Bud & Lou had lived to see it: Meta comical take on celebrity and fame with everyone's favorite comedians and actors (think Six Degrees of Separation From Judd Apatow) facing the Apocalypse at Franco's new Hollywood digs that leads to pettiness, demon possession, rape jokes and any other form of survival under drug-enduced distress played to the hilt for big laughs and poke-in-the-eye send-ups of the rich and famous. Vulgar and dead-on satire of the haves/have nots with a body count. Written and directed by real-life BFFs Rogen and Evan Goldberg.