Alan Autry, Bonnie Bartlett, Charles Siebert, Dan Lauria, Holly Fields ...( see more  see more... ) , J. Kenneth Campbell , Joanna Kerns , Joe Spano , Lindsay Frost , Michael T. Weiss , Richard Herd , Richard Masur , Robert Ginty , Silvana Gallardo , Stephen Elliott

After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern ...( read more  read more... )California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."

Flixster Users

68% liked it

320 ratings

Unrated

Directed by: Larry Elikann

Release Date: November 11, 1990

Invite friends to see

DVD Release Date: April 18, 2006

Stats: 22 reviews

Photos


None yet... Got one?

Your Rating



clear rating
Facebook

Flixster Reviews (22)


  • September 15, 2009
    Okay, it's a hokey television made disaster movie, hopelessly predictable but also very entertaining. I don't know why I like disaster films, perhaps it was because in my teen years movies like Airport, Earthquake, The Towering Inferno etc, were the big date movies.
  • August 2, 2009
    Talk Talk Talk, shameful verbal exposition. More talk. Yackity yakkity yak. My Dinner With Andre The Geologist. Where are the propane explosions, airborne body parts, and nude bimbos?
  • April 14, 2009
    I own it, so I might as well see it once.
  • May 4, 2007
    i love disaster movies

Critic Reviews


No recent reviews.

Comments


This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake" !

Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)