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Reviews Counted:222

Fresh:87

Rotten:135

Average Rating:5/10

Consensus: Roland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense disaster sequences and some language

Runtime: 2 hr. 38 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama

Theatrical Release: Nov 13, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $166.1M

Synopsis: An academic researcher leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events that were predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar. An academic researcher leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events that were predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar. [More]

Starring: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton

Starring: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Tom McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Liam James, Morgan Lily, Zlatko Buric, Beatrice Rosen, Alexandre Haussmann, Philippe Haussmann, Johann Urb, John Billingsley, Chin Han, Osric Chau, Chang Tseng, Lisa Lu, Blu Mankuma, George Segal, Stephen McHattie, Patrick Bauchau, Jimi Mistry, Ryan McDonald, Merrilyn Gann, Henry O, Patrick Gilmore, Dean Marshall, Ronald Selmour, Viv Leacock, Chris Boyd, Donna Yamamoto, Doron Bell Jr., David Orth, Lyndall Grant, Jason Diablo, Ty Olsson, Zinaid Memisevic, Vincent Cheng, Igor Morozov, B.J. Harrison, Dominic Zamprogna, Karin Konoval, Mary Gillis, Rick Tae, Parm Soor, Gerard Plunkett, Paul Tryl, Andrei Kovski, Val Cole, Eve Harlow, Sean Tyson, Leonard Tenisci, Michael Buffer, Daren A. Herbert, Craig Stanghetta, Mateen Devji, Qayam Devji, Jody Thompson, Tanya Champoux, Frank C. Turner, Kinua McWatt, Laara Sadiq, Gillian Barber, Candus Churchill, Beverley Elliott, Agam Darshi, Raj Lal, Pesi Daruwalla, Jacob Blair, Jay Williams, Scott Miller, Anna Mae Routledge, John Stewart, Ryan Cook, Brandon Haas, Eddie Hassell, Betty Phillips, Georgina Hegedos, Luis Javier, Dean Redman, Gordon Lai, S. Leo Chiang, Elizabeth Richard, Mark Docherty, Mark Oliver, Kyle Riefsnyder, John Mee, Andrew Moxham, Alexandra Castillo, George Trochta, Farouk A. Afify, Shaun Wilson, Leigh Burrows, Alex Zahara, Chad Riley, Thomas Parkinson, Nicole Rudell, Jase-Anthony Griffith, Jill Morrison, Leona Naidoo, Quentin Guyon, Kevin Haaland, Simon Leung, Geoff Gustafson, Thomas McCarthy

Director: Roland Emmerich

Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenwriter: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Producer: Roland Emmerich
Distributor: Sony Pictures/Columbia

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You don't have to say more than "it's a Roland Emmerich film" to get the full brunt of the quality of the production. Great visuals, but weak dialogue and scenarios.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment 2 Comments
Jul 8, 2010
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

It's cinematic waterboarding and there was more than one occasion during the film when I was convinced it was never going to end.

Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | comment Comment
Jun 2, 2010
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

I can't claim to have seen every terrible film in cinematic history, but in my fairly extensive watchography, 2012 is certainly in the top 5 worst ever.

Full Review Source: Fan The Fire | comment Comment
Apr 15, 2010
Sam Bathe
Sam Bathe
Fan The Fire

Action-packed entertainment builds around efforts, not to prevent the destruction of the planet, but to plan for the continuation of the human race.

Full Review Source: Moving Pictures Magazine | comment Comment
Mar 25, 2010
Annlee Ellingson
Annlee Ellingson
Moving Pictures Magazine

It's the end of the world as we know it%u2026 again! But hand it to Roland Emmerich, an old hand at cinematic Armageddon, for making the apocalypse such an entertaining ride.

Full Review Source: Seanax.com | comment Comment
Mar 25, 2010
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seanax.com

The strongest thing about this movie is the "this I have to see" factor. If only the story had the same kind of groove going as the effects.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
Mar 15, 2010
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Berlin Alexanderplatz feels like a Saturday afternoon matinee compared to this.

Full Review Source: Projection Booth | comment 1 Comment
Mar 4, 2010
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

Even though the extras [on the DVD] are chock-a-block, they are still for a bad movie.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment 1 Comment
Mar 2, 2010
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

The end of the world movie to end 'em all, it turns out to be a sort of cross between the sci-fi camptacular When Worlds Collide and every previous Emmerich movie. Guilty pleasures galore.

Full Review Source: Windy City Times | comment Comment
Feb 8, 2010
Richard Knight
Richard Knight
Windy City Times

Plausible plot points, great special effects and characters we care about. That's really about all you need to enjoy this Apocalypse Wow!

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment 2 Comments
Feb 1, 2010
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Emmerich would be better off losing the pretense of respectability and embracing the B-movie showmanship that is clearly his strength.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
Jan 31, 2010
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Unbelievably dumb and sentimental movie.

Full Review Source: Clothes on Film | comment 9 Comments
Jan 18, 2010
Chris Laverty
Chris Laverty
Clothes on Film

Uno supone que presenciar el fin del mundo debería ser un evento realmente dramático, sin embargo estamos ante una película excesiva y ridícula que se parodia involuntariamente a sí misma.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment 1 Comment
Jan 12, 2010
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

My enthusiasm for 2012 is not because I think it's high art with an important social message. Screw that %u2013 this movie is about pure spectacle, and it pulls that off fabulously.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment 3 Comments
Dec 15, 2009
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

There's a whole world of destruction going on in the film's ridiculously excessive special-effects sequences. But there's a whole lot of entertaining going on, too.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment 1 Comment
Dec 11, 2009
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

full review at Movies for the Masses

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
Dec 10, 2009
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Emmerich deals in crayon-kit characterizations and shots of famous monuments crumbling into dust

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment 4 Comments
Dec 8, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

2012 is well made spectacle. It's finely crafted trash. It's in on the joke, and it's laughing along with you.

Full Review Source: CHUD | comment Comment
Dec 7, 2009
Devin Faraci
Devin Faraci
CHUD

2012 is reminiscent of yesteryear ’80s shlock-tastic blockbusters -- total popcorn entertainment with ridiculous dialogue and impossible situations and special effects that will boggle the brain for a good two-plus hours.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment 1 Comment
Dec 7, 2009
Sara Vilkomerson
Sara Vilkomerson
New York Observer
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there is a misanthropic rush to be had from watching all those cities getting destroyed real good.

Full Review Source: fantastiqueZINE | comment 1 Comment
Dec 7, 2009
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
fantastiqueZINE
 
 
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