When Don't Look Up was released, the critical divide was stark. Reviews became political manifestos. The film wasn't judged on Adam McKay’s direction; it was judged on whether the reviewer believed it was an accurate allegory for climate change.

We are living in a golden age of popular drama, yet the language we use to review them is changing fundamentally. The question is no longer just "Is it good?" but rather, "What did it do to you?"