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2012 (2009)
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Critic 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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Cast
as Jackson Curtis
as Kate
as Adrian Helmsley
as Laura Wilson
as Carl Anheuser
as Gordon Silberman
as Charlie Frost
as President Thomas Wilson
as Noah Curtis
as Lilly Curtis
as Yuri Karpov
as Yuri Karpov
as Tamara
as Alec
as Oleg
as Sasha
as Professor West
as Nima
as Grandfather Sonam
as Grandmother Sonam
as Harry Helmsley
as Tony Delgado
as Captain Michaels
as Roland Picard
as Dr. Satnam Tsurutani
as Scotty
as German Chancellor
as Lama Rinpoche
as Ark Communication Officer
as Ark Communication Officer
as Ark Boarding Officer
as Ark Boarding Officer
as Ark Boarding Officer
as AF1 Science Officer
as AF1 Science Officer
as AF1 Lieutenant
as Governor
as Ark Tech Officer
as AF1 Officer
as President Sergey Makarenko
as Chinese Colonel
as Russian Interpreter
as Woman Comforting Child
as Paramedic
as Sally - President's Secretary
as Jackson's Neighbor
as Megaphone Officer
as Saudi Prince
as Isaacs - M6 Officer
as Zultan
as Zultan's Trainer
as News Reporter - Tikal
as Cashier
as Interrogating Officer
as Italian Prime Minister
as Boxing Announcer
as Ship Waiter
as Vegas Rescue Worker
as Ajit - age 5
as Ajit - age 9
as CNN Anchor
as Mrs. Birnbaum
as Preacher
as Yoko Delgatto
as British Newscaster
as Cruise Ship Lady
as Cruise Ship Lady
as Cruise Ship Lady
as Aparana
as Gurdeep
as Dr. Lokesh
as AF1 Steward
as AF1 Steward
as Ark Naval Officer
as Ark Naval Officer
as Pilot
as Surfer
as Surfer
as Surfer
as Elderly Driver
as Elderly Driver
as Vegas Tow Truck Driver
as Vegas Fireman
as Security Commander
as Field Reporter - Tikal
as Fundrariser Security
as Policeman
as Paris Reporter
as Saudi Senior Security
as US Army Worker
as Chinese Soldier
as Queen Elizabeth
as Cho Ming Platform Officer
as Angry Billionaire
as American Ark Steward
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as Ark Bridge Crew
as US Army Worker
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Critic Reviews for 2012
All Critics (240) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (95) | Rotten (145) | DVD (3)
Cusack, with his one-of-the-guys face and his nice way with child actors, does creditable work as an Average American Dad trying to put things right.
2012 is the rare case of a bad film that I'm nevertheless obliged to recommend you see.
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.
Even though this movie's running time of two and a half hours is about one hour too long, there's still some pretty cool disaster stuff on the way.
2012 is so long, and its special effects are at once so outrageous and so thunderously predictable, that by the time I lurched from the theatre I felt that three years had actually passed and that the apocalypse was due any second.
[Nothing] will give you more respect for how difficult it is to be an actor than watching top talent like John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet and Oliver Platt struggling to treat the film's ungodly language and situations with perfect seriousness.
Audience Reviews for 2012
I got bored incredibly fast. It has fascinating visual effects. And that is where it stops. There are serious issues of race and class struggle that start to peak up towards the end of the movie, but instead of making the movie interesting by exploring these avenues more, Emmerich returns the focus to the most obnoxious of lead characters.
Super Reviewer
I suppose the general idea behind the film was noble, but why did they have to write such a crappy story for it. It's a given to say that the visual effects are excellent. But a decent plot, if such a think ever existed in disaster flicks, would've been a nice touch.
Super Reviewer
Visually breathtaking in every shape and form, indeed, but the film's lack of impact and delivery combined with the lengthy duration doesn't capture the audience attention and fear of extinction. Roland Emmerich's 2012 provided a laughable plot and less-than-dramatic storyline to make the entire motion picture to be more disastrous than what the Mayans had predicted. 3.5/5
Super Reviewer
2012 Quotes
| Kate: | How did you know this was going to happen? |
| Jackson Curtis: | It's not just California. It's the whole god damn world that is going to shit. |
| Adrian Helmsley: | Yes sir. Who are you bringing? |
| Carl Anheuser: | Nobody! Who, my ex wife? Last thing she said to me, never want to see you again. So be it. |
| Adrian Helmsley: | There's a young astrophysicist from India who's the reason we're all here. He's the one who discovered it all. He connected all the dots. We all owe him our lives. I just learned that he was killed with his family in a tsunami in Eastern India. He was my friend. And he died in vain. Everybody out there has died in vain if we start our future with an act of cruelty. What will you tell your children? What will they tell theirs. |
| Laura Wilson: | If my father were here, he would open the gates. |
| President Sergey Makarenko: | The people of Russia along with China, and Japan agree. Open the gates. |
| German Chancellor: | The United Kingdom, Spain, France, Canada, Germany and I believe I may also speak for the Italian Prime Minister we vote to let these people come in. |
| Scotty: | It's been upgraded to a 10.9 by the guys at Harvard. |
| Adrian Helmsley: | What does Caltech have to say? |