2025 · romance · drama · sci-fi
When I'm Ready
Directed by Andrew Johnson1h 48m2025
It's the end of the world. Seeking meaning and thrills in their last days alive, Rose and Michael embark on a cross-country road trip to see Rose's grandmother as a devastating asteroid threatens to wipe out life on Earth. Along the way they encounter other lost souls, each with their own very different perspective on the impending doom.
Our read: When I'm Ready (2025) reads as a warm, steady, inventive romance · drama · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured romance / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- tender
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