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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

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Reviews Counted:203

Fresh:91

Rotten:112

Average Rating:5.3/10

Consensus: A ludicrous popcorn flick filled with clunky dialogues, but spectacular visuals save it from being a total disaster.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense situations of peril

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:May 28, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $186,583,549

Synopsis: With THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, director Roland Emmerich (INDEPENDENCE DAY, GODZILLA) trades evil aliens and radioactive lizards in for some seriously bad weather. When a radical change in the... With THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, director Roland Emmerich (INDEPENDENCE DAY, GODZILLA) trades evil aliens and radioactive lizards in for some seriously bad weather. When a radical change in the temperature of the world's oceans causes deadly storms and sets a new Ice Age in motion, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) must race from Washington D.C. to save his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), in the subzero climes of New York City. Elsewhere, tornadoes and hail menace the globe, leading to international disasters on an extraordinary level. Emmerich, who has proven to be a master of big-budget cinematic destruction on numerous occasions, aims to outdo himself with THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. Here entire cities are ripped apart, flooded, and/or frozen, adding up to one of the biggest disaster movies ever filmed. Although astonishingly rendered special effects rule the movie, adept actors such as Quaid and Gyllenhaal (along with Sela Ward, Ian Holm, Emmy Rossum, and others) turn in solid performances that help to balance out the meteorological mayhem. Surprisingly, Emmerich also uses the film as a vehicle for clever moments of social and political commentary, making THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW admirably smarter and considerably more entertaining than typical Hollywood blockbusters. [More]

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Ian Holm

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Ian Holm, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Kenneth Welsh, Austin Nichols, Jay O. Sanders, Perry King, Nestor Serrano, Adrian Lester, Sheila McCarthy, Glenn Plummer, Tamlyn Tomita

Director: Roland Emmerich

Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Roland Emmerich
Producer: Ute Emmerich, Mark Gordon, Kelly Van Horn
Composer: Harald Kloser
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
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10/18/08
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08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

The ecological theme is not advanced with any subtlety, but so what? The film works with the broad brushstrokes appropriate to a popular entertainment.

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
07/14/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique

High-strung, melodramatic hogwash steeped in a measure of scientific fact. Emmerich takes it as seriously as he can and his movie, as a result, delivers more provocative fun than you might expect.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
09/18/07
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Don't even get me started on the hilarity of the scene where a bunch of people outrun a blast of freezing air and close the doors on it.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/29/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

this is one film viewers might want to put off until some time long, long after the day after tomorrow.

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09/22/06
Peter T. Chattaway
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today
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12/06/05
Film Threat

Like any other Emmerich movie, this one is loaded with humor, mostly unintentional.

Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | comment Comment
06/20/05
Bill Clark
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony

In case you missed the memo, it's official: God hates us.

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04/01/05
Brian Juergens
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03/14/05
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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03/03/05
Stuart Klawans
Stuart Klawans
Nation

Preposterous, slow, and unimaginative.

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02/20/05
Martin Scribbs
Martin Scribbs
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12/19/04
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

This is the movie equivalent of trying to get someone to stop smoking by saying, 'Don't smoke, or you'll die instantly within 24 hours!'

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12/02/04
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

L’intérêt envers l’orgie d’effets spéciaux baisse rapidement alors que rien d’autre dans ce film ne peut valoir le coût ou la peine d’être vu..

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
10/12/04
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
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