The Day After Tomorrow

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The Day After Tomorrow

PG-13

2004

2h 3m

Action

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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After climatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by U.N. officials when presenting his environmental concerns, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world; trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel by foot from Philadelphia, braving the elements, to get to Sam before it's too late.

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Critics Consensus

The Day After Tomorrow is a ludicrous popcorn thriller filled with clunky dialogue, but spectacular visuals save it from being a total disaster.

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Matthew Rozsa

Salon.com

05/24/2023

3.5/4

"The Day After Tomorrow" is the movie that changed my life.. Like a lawyer that tries to live up to the ideals of Elle Woods, I am a climate change journalist today because of the "The Day After Tomorrow."

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Will Self

London Evening Standard

01/09/2018

I don't think The Day After Tomorrow will pacify audiences as well as its predecessors, because even as disaster movies go, this one is a write-off.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/28/2010

2/5

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

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Me gusta el cine

Dec 22

3.5/5

The perfect movie for fans of this type of cinema and for those at home looking for a fast, furious, and both fatalistic and hopeful experience. [Full review in Spanish].

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

05/05/2024

Its vision of climate disaster apocalypse feels at once overdramatic and overly optimistic.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

01/03/2022

The Day After Tomorrow might be a popcorn thriller but the film depicts a horrifying future nevertheless.

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Logan N.

@frosted_23 5d

They dont make natural disaster movies like this anymore.

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Nina L.

@TheLebowskiTake Feb 7

The Day After Tomorrow is one of those movies where you absolutely should not think too hard and just enjoy the chaos. The science is hanging on by a thread, people are outrunning instant ice storms, and Dennis Quaid is basically power walking across the planet to save his kid. It is dramatic, cheesy, and completely ridiculous in the most entertaining way possible. The weather gets so aggressive it feels personally offended by humanity, and I love every second of it. It is pure disaster movie junk food and I mean that as the highest compliment.

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Garrett H

@SpindlyMan Feb 3

This movie is like a cheap $1 hot dog, it’s not the greatest or the worst, but it’s always satisfactory.

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Carlos I

@carlosFibarra Jan 16

While The Day After Tomorrow certainly suffers from some of the cheesiest action pieces that Roland Emmerich loves to indulge in, I don't care; I will always love the thrills and ideas in this disaster flick. Despite its scientific liberties and heavy-handed melodrama, there is an earnestness to its scale that keeps me hooked every time the frost begins to creep across the screen. For me, the spectacle and high-stakes tension of seeing the world frozen over go right up there with the best of the genre from the 70s, capturing that same classic "disaster epic" spirit with a modern, icy twist.

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Troy R

@Grim16 Jan 5

Continues to be a great disaster film that knows how to drive suspense and keep you engaged. The characters as well are unique and well acted, even down to the homeless guy who sticks with the NY group. Not without some flaws of ridiculous natural events, possibility of surviving, and speed at which the events occur, but for a movie its nothing that kills it.

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DZ E

@Ziggy88z Jan 4

86/100 it's good

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Synopsis

After climatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by U.N. officials when presenting his environmental concerns, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world; trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel by foot from Philadelphia, braving the elements, to get to Sam before it's too late.

Director: Roland Emmerich
Producer: Mark Gordon
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Tomorrow Films, Centropolis Film Productions, Mark Gordon Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Situations of Peril)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 28, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 29, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $186.7M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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