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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:17
Rotten:24
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: A ludicrous popcorn flick filled with clunky dialogues, but spectacular visuals save it from being a total disaster.
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... [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Ian Holm
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Reviews for The Day After Tomorrow
Top CriticA shambles of dud writing and dramatic inconsequence which left me determined to double my consumption of fossil fuels.
08/01/04
Top Critic... the situations are just so ludicrous that it really detracts from the quality of the special effects ...
06/07/04
Top CriticAn exceptionally stupid movie.
06/04/04
Top CriticFor 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.
06/03/04
Top CriticIt fulfills its summer air-conditioning duties with flippant ease, and its enjoyably cloddish attempts at political relevance add a fascinating layer of incongruity.
06/01/04
Top CriticA big, dumb movie, another Hollywood entertainment that, instead of tweaking and teasing our brains for fun, leaves us feeling thick and stupid.
05/29/04
Top CriticIt's the Weather Channel on steroids.
05/28/04
Top CriticThe Day After Tomorrow isn't just bad, it's Godzilla bad, on a par with Emmerich's previous cinematic low point.
05/28/04
Top CriticThe Day After Tomorrow isn't satisfying in every way, but in the ways that really matter, it's one superior disaster movie.
05/28/04
Top CriticThe only truly scary thing about this doomsday popcorn flick is the momumental ineptitude of the acting, writing and directing.
05/28/04
Top CriticCrammed full of disaster-movie cliches and cardboard characters.
05/28/04
Top CriticThe jaw-dropping special effects in the weather-gone- wild doomsday film The Day After Tomorrow sweep all else away -- including quibbles about bland characterization and dead-in-the-water dialogue.
05/28/04
Top CriticThe film shows us that an angry Mother Nature can be every bit as exciting as space invaders and giant fire-breathing lizards.
05/28/04
Top CriticDoesn't really have any interesting characters to live through those disasters and its central storyline makes little sense.
05/28/04
Top CriticNothing about The Day After Tomorrow really engages us except for the computer effects, which are certainly impressive enough, in a Powerpoint-presentation sort of way.
05/28/04
Top CriticA disaster movie that cautions against global warming but delivers its real enjoyment in scenes of mass destruction.
05/28/04
Top CriticIt turns out the real question director Roland Emmerich's movie raises isn't about how much this film's pseudo-science teases us, but how much bad drama it's willing to blow our way.
05/28/04
Top CriticThe special effects are on such an awesome scale that the movie works despite its cornball plotting.
05/28/04
Top CriticFor all its doomsaying, the movie fails to scare you into being a better citizen of the earth or even a riveted moviegoer.
05/28/04
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