The Day (2011)
Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 10
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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 5
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 2.7/5
User Ratings: 4,134
Movie Info
A group of five survivors, armed with shotguns, axes and machetes, wander the back roads of a ravaged landscape looking for refuge in The Day, a terrifying look into a post-apocalyptic future. As war ravages humanity, destroying civilization and most of life on earth, the survivors realize they must do whatever it takes to stay alive. Lost, starving, and exhausted, they seek shelter in a seemingly safe abandoned farmhouse. However, while searching for food and resources, they unwittingly set off
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Cast
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Shawn Ashmore
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Ashley Bell
Mary -
Cory C. Hardrict
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Dominic Monaghan
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Shannyn Sossamon
Shannon -
Michael Eklund
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Brianna Barnes
Nikki -
Brayden Edwards
Timmy -
Steffi Hagel
Sally -
Shimon Moore
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Robert Baldwin
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Frank Beaudoin
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Patrick Beriault
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Patrick Blais
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Alex Brown
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Andre Deveaux
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José Garcia
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Tarlee Gerhard
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Andre Givogue
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Daniel Lavigne
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Duncan Milloy
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Sean Morel
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Alain Moussi
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Myra Quinonez
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Kelly Rigole
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Cameron Tecarton
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Nigel Woleston
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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (10)
The film feels unbelievably long at 84 minutes, and the color-drained, hand-held cinematography serves only as a reminder of just how good "Night of the Living Dead" really was.
Top CriticA savage B-movie thriller with unrealized aspirations to profundity ...
Every day is gloomy in "The Day," Douglas Aarniokoski's film with a creepy, paranoid atmosphere that's more effective than the performances.
Towards the end, you might find yourself thinking, "Well, this could have been worse." And you'll mean it as a compliment.
"The Day" is just good enough to engage audiences, but it falls well short of remarkable, leaving viewers wishing for a dawn that never breaks.
"The Day" cycles through bursts of horrific violence only to end much as it begins: static, hollow and vague.
Could definitely have benefited from twenty more minutes of story.
Take Cormac McCarthy's The Road and cross-pollinate it with a couple dozen other more aggressively low-grade genre entries and the result is this very self-serious yet narratively unoriginal offering.
Glum, poorly acted, and hard on the eyes, The Day is a flat feature with a few spikes of absurdity that push the production into unintentional camp.
Once these tropes are established and have a minute or two to settle, that's when things get interesting.
Despite being a nasty and skillful action film, Douglas Aarniokoski's film goes off the rails in the final stretch.
The Day's cannibalization of other, better films is its downfall; there's just not enough unique material here to nourish.
Audience Reviews for The Day
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- Adam: I fear for all the souls that try and get into this house tonight.
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- Mary: I'm gonna kill em' all.
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