The trailer for A24‘s Y2K takes us back to 1999 when AOL reigned supreme, and kids lived in the moment, free of smartphones. It’s also a fun flashback to that unforgettable New Year’s Eve when we were all nervous and excited, wondering if everything would fall apart. We made it through, but Kyle Mooney (Saturday Night Live, Arrested Development) explores in his directorial debut, “What if?”
The disaster comedy is a coming-of-age story that follows two high school nobodies who crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999. When the clock strikes midnight, the night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed. Technology
Y2K stars Jaeden Martell (Stephen King’s IT, Knives Out), Rachel Zegler (Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Julian Dennison (The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two, Godzilla vs. Kong), The Kid Laroi, and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. Mooney, who also stars, co-wrote the screenplay with Evan Winter. Jonah Hill is a producer.
As one can expect, the trailer is jam-packed with ’90s references, including the decade’s fashion, Tamagotchis, dial-up internet, Billy Blanks, VHS, and, of course, Limp Bizkit. The bloody chaos in the trailer’s second half plays out to Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping.”
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The film had its world premiere at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival. Early reviews currently put the Rotten Tomatoes score at 63% fresh. Bloody Disgusting quotes, “Armed with a pitch-perfect, game-for-anything ensemble and great practical effects behind the carnage and calamity, Y2K is a party worth rewinding the clock for.” IndieWire also gave it a fresh score, saying, “A computer apocalypse was never realistically lurking underneath us, but Y2K is a reminder that the return of the high-concept comedy always was.”
The film opens in theaters on December 6th. Check out the new poster and trailer below!
