Kyle Mooney's Y2K Takes Us on a Wild Ride This December
Kyle Mooney's Y2K: A Hilarious Take on a Global Panic
People imagined all sorts of global nightmare scenarios were coming in the months building up to January 1st, 2000, but none of them were quite as absurd as the premise of Y2K from director Kyle Mooney, A24's new disaster comedy.
A Midnights' Nightmare with a Twist
Set on New Year’s Eve in 1999, Y2K tells the story of how a group of teens set out to celebrate the new millennium by throwing (or at least attending) the party of a lifetime. Though everyone’s heard of the Y2K bug, all Eli (Jaeden Martell), Danny (Julian Dennison), and Laura (Rachel Zegler) can really think about is how they might bump into one another at the rager.
- At midnight, the power goes out, leading to chaos.
- The kids assume a prank has been pulled.
- They encounter appliances that seemingly come to life and try to attack them.
Weirdly, a lot of the madness on display in Y2K’s trailer is reminiscent of the real panic that drove people to stock up on essentials, fearing a programming error would topple our technological infrastructure. But the film seems like it’s going to lean into the absurdity, making it a must-watch when it hits theaters on December 6th.
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