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Film Review - Y2K

Film Review - Y2K

The Millennium bug proves an apocalyptic threat in Kyle Mooney’s lacklustre parallel universe mixture of sci-fi and teen sex comedy

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Mar 28, 2025
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Y2K could have been excellent. A parallel universe where the Millennium bug results in killer robots spawned by self-aware household appliances connecting themselves is the kind of high-concept premise that Amblin Entertainment did so well during the 1980s (and, to a lesser extent, the 1990s). Alas, here, the concept is awkwardly wedded to te…

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