Fresh
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.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
2012
We Were Warned.
2009 · 2h 38m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Roland Emmerich
Overview
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
Director and cast
- Roland Emmerich Director
- John Cusack as Jackson Curtis
- Amanda Peet as Kate Curtis
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Adrian Helmsley
- Thandiwe Newton as Laura Wilson
- Oliver Platt as Carl Anheuser
- Tom McCarthy as Dr. Gordon Silberman
- Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost
- Danny Glover as President Wilson
- Liam James Cast
- Morgan Lily Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
40%
Tomatometer
Fresh
2012 is the rare case of a bad film that I'm nevertheless obliged to recommend you see.
Laremy Legel, Film.com
Fresh
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.
Sara Vilkomerson, New York Observer
Rotten
The worst sins of dialogue are visited upon the wonderfully soulful Chiwetel Ejiofor, who has to remind creepy government types that those massive high-tech arks are for all of us, not just the rich and powerful.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh
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.
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
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