Samuel L. Jackson’s latest movie is going down a storm online. 2020 has often been described as a Black Mirror episode come to life, and while Netflix didn’t offer up a new episode of the sci-fi anthology show, creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones did produce Death to 2020, a tongue-in-cheek mockumentary that looks back at the apocalyptic events of the past year.

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The 70-minute special features a range of famous faces, including the MCU star, who plays a New York journalist in the Laurence Fishburne-narrated dark comedy. Other major names who appear alongside him in talking head segments include Hugh Grant as an eccentric historian, Lisa Kudrow as a conservative spokeswoman, Leslie Jones as an anti-social behavior psychologist, Joe Keery as a YouTube personality and Cristin Milioti as a stereotypical “Karen.”

Critics have been pretty stuffy about it, but Twitter users seem to have fallen in love with Death to 2020 since it dropped on the streaming giant on December 27th. And here’s just a flavor of the praise going around on social media.

The creators of @blackmirror have done it again. Their mockumentary, Death to 2020 was fantastic. Watch it on Netflix. #NetflixStreamFest #deathto2020

— Camille Orfao (@CamilleOrfao) December 27, 2020

The most hilarious thing 2020’s given us.

Jackson’s segments definitely didn’t hold back.

See?

it's called echolocation my guy #Deathto2020

— kava – chucky spoilers (@apocalipstickzz) December 27, 2020

Milioti was terrific, too.

Cristin milioti is so good at whatever she does ❤#Deathto2020 #netflix

— Karthik (@karthik_rus) December 27, 2020

Not to mention Kudrow.

And Hugh Grant, with his Game of Thrones gags.

Not Hugh grant dressed as a historian comparing the pandemic to the White walkers' invasion and calling Game of thrones real history 😂#Deathto2020 #netflix

— Karthik (@karthik_rus) December 27, 2020

“Sheer brilliance.”

If you have Netflix, you need to watch Death to 2020. Man, I laughed so hard. Sheer brilliance. #DeathTo2020

— Darren Lacey (He/Him/Homo AF) (@dazlarrr) December 27, 2020

Outstanding!

#deathto2020 time worth spent on this show. Outstanding 🔥👌🏾🔥

— Phill (@Uyu_Phill) December 27, 2020

The credits even found time to squeeze in an extra slice of Jackson. And he’s never been so relatable.

2020 was a slim year for new releases for the star, but that’s not the case for 2021. Samuel L. Jackson has got three major movies due out soon – crime thriller The Asset co-starring Michael Keaton and Maggie Q, flashy Saw reboot Spiral and The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, the sequel to the 2017 action-comedy also featuring Ryan Reynolds and Salma Hayek. He’s set to reprise Nick Fury in Marvel’s Secret Invasion TV series as well, which is in development now.

Tell us, though, have you caught Death to 2020 on Netflix yet? If so, did you enjoy it? Share your reactions in the comments section down below.