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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 209
Fresh: 95 | Rotten: 114

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

Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 24

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

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Movie Info

Directed by Roland Emmerich, this mega-budget, special-effects-laden epic revolves around the onset of an international series of crises brought on by the long-term results of the greenhouse effect. At the eye of the storm is paleoclimatologist (a professor dedicated to the study of weather patterns throughout the ages) Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), who voluntarily takes on the preservation of the world in the dawn of the next ice age and all the disaster that comes along with it -- violent

PG-13, 2 hr. 3 min.

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

Directed By: Roland Emmerich

Written By: Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Roland Emmerich

In Theaters: May 28, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Oct 12, 2004

Box Office:$186.6M

20th Century Fox

The Day After Tomorrow Trailer & Photos

Cast

Dennis Quaid
Jack Hall
Jake Gyllenhaal
Sam Hall
Ian Holm
Terry Rapson
Emmy Rossum
Laura Chapman
Sela Ward
Lucy Hall
Dash Mihok
Jason Evans
Kenneth Welsh
Vice President Becker
Jay O Sanders
Frank Harris
Austin Nichols
J. D.
Perry King
President of the United...
Nestor Serrano
Gomez
Adrian Lester
Simon
Sheila McCarthy
Judith
Arjay Smith
Brian Parks
Glenn Plummer
Luther
Tamlyn Tomita
Janet Tokada
Jared Harris
Kenny Moskow
Bob
Rick Hoffman
Joe Cobden
Zack
Amy Sloan

Critic Reviews for The Day After Tomorrow

All Critics (220) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (100) | Rotten (118) | DVD (46)

Many of the clich�s in this movie predate the last Ice Age.

August 7, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine

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A shambles of dud writing and dramatic inconsequence which left me determined to double my consumption of fossil fuels.

August 1, 2004 Comments (2)

Anthony Lane

New Yorker

Top Critic

... the situations are just so ludicrous that it really detracts from the quality of the special effects ...

June 7, 2004 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

An exceptionally stupid movie.

June 4, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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For all of its dire premonitions, foreshadowings of horror and easy targets for Jay Leno jokes, The Day After Tomorrow is eye-poppingly awesome and wonderfully entertaining.

June 3, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Rex Reed

New York Observer

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It fulfills its summer air-conditioning duties with flippant ease, and its enjoyably cloddish attempts at political relevance add a fascinating layer of incongruity.

June 1, 2004 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Dennis Lim

Village Voice

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Some cool special effects...that's about it.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

This is a popcorn film with a fact based concept, and that's all it is...

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

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

July 14, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique

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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.

September 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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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.

July 29, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

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

September 22, 2006 Comment

Peter T. Chattaway

Christianity Today Source: Christianity Today

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

June 20, 2005 Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony

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Bill Clark

FromTheBalcony Source: FromTheBalcony

Can a special two-disc Collector's Edition save a bloated super-spectacular with little going for it beyond its elaborate and only sporadically absorbing CGI effects?

May 18, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

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Audience Reviews for The Day After Tomorrow

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The Day after Tomorrow is better then you might expect. This time round Roland Emmerich's big scale effects that always draw in a crowd are worth their agressiveness this time round. Were talking about an apocalyptic disaster film here and it's the genre that Emmerich suits. Although some information in the film is

October 30, 2011

Michael Miller

Super Reviewer

The biggest flaw with this film is it blows its watt too early. The disaster scenes occur within the first thirty minutes, after that the movie might as well have ended. After the disasters hit, the film comes down to watching survivors waiting around for the plot to resolve itself. During a scene, the film throws

June 13, 2011

Christopher Heim

Super Reviewer

The Day After Tomorrow Quotes

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1. Jack Hall: Where's the library?
2. J. D.: It's supposed to be... right here. [looking at frozen town]
– Submitted by Baurushan J (4 months ago)
1. Jack Hall: [on the phone to Sam] I will come for you, do you understand me? I will come for you.
– Submitted by rob g (9 months ago)
1. Terry Rapson: Are you mad? That's a 12-year-old scotch!
– Submitted by rob g (9 months ago)