Dash Mihok, Dennis Quaid, Emmy Rossum

A climatologist tries to figure out a way to save the world from abrupt global warming. He must get to his young son in New York, which is being taken over by a new ice age.

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203 critics

PG-13, 2 hrs. 4 min.

Directed by: Roland Emmerich

Release Date: May 28, 2004

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DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004

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  • August 26, 2009
    Unfortunately for this film (and the viewer) its the wrong way round. It starts off brilliantly and then just wilts. It also gets a little schmaltzy. The part with the wolfs annoyed me most, it was pointless and very badly done. Still, probably Roland Emmerich's best film so far!
  • July 27, 2009
    dissapointing at the end
  • July 11, 2009
    The Day After Tomorrow was an alright disaster flick. Nothing that makes you want to applaud or stare with your tongue on the floor, but it keeps you on interested on a thin thread. The special effects were really the only notable thing that should get mentioned. The acting was o...( read more)kay (how can disaster movie have good acting honestly? It's not the actor's faults). The dialogue isn't very witty or important, it could have been mimed and the movie would have been nearly the same.

    The special effects though were decent. The way things froze over even though unrealistic, were cool, the hurricane storm, and everything else was pretty good, but the plot felt thin. There really isn't much else to say about it. This was just an okay movie, nothing more.

    2.5/5
  • May 5, 2009
    Total effects flick with very little else really, its not a enviromental message as what happens in this film will probably happen again in the earths life simply due to age and the process of the universal cycle, we cant change it.

    The cast is very average and so is the entir...( read more)e plot frankly, once you've seen the NY skyline buried in snow n ice you can leave haha pretty dull all round.

    Plus points being the cgi effects with the extreme weather, of course, and thats it, role on the next Emmerich cgi disaster event.
  • November 9, 2008
    Started off pretty good but the ending was rather normal, of course they would get saved.
  • November 20, 2009
    It was a great movie.
  • November 20, 2009
    The Day After Tomorrow is, in my opinion, okay. Just okay. Although the ending is a little bit disappointing and predictable. Dennis Quaid is awful, extremely awful. However, some of the other actors are relatively acceptable and manage to pull the film out of a nose dive. Okay, ...( read more)who am I trying to kid. I only watched this in the first place for Jake Gyllenhaal, as usual he delivers. The effects aren't anything special, but it does leave you thinking about the current issue with Global Warming. Surely this is a good thing?

    And one things, why the wolves?
  • November 20, 2009
    this was a sad movie n its good too
  • November 20, 2009
    reminds me of a great movie.. 2012!
  • November 20, 2009
    i havent seen it before.

Critic Reviews


August 1, 2004
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

A shambles of dud writing and dramatic inconsequence which left me determined to double my consumption of fossil fuels. full review

May 29, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

A big, dumb movie, another Hollywood entertainment that, instead of tweaking and teasing our brains for fun, leaves us feeling thick and stupid. full review

May 28, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate

It's just so very bad. full review

May 28, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

The Day After Tomorrow is less about serious issues and more about big-money special effects and shameless sentimentality. full review

May 28, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

The only truly scary thing about this doomsday popcorn flick is the momumental ineptitude of the acting, writing and directing. full review

May 28, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The special effects are on such an awesome scale that the movie works despite its cornball plotting. full review

May 27, 2004
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

More than a cubic zirconia but far from a diamond, the film should find as many supporters as it does detractors as it spends at least one week leveling the competition. full review

May 27, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

The film exists primarily to stir the senses, and on that score it is an overwhelming achievement. full review

May 27, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The picture is most entertaining when it acknowledges the swaggering cheesiness of [the melodramatic calamity freak-outs of the early 1970's]. full review

April 4, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Mother Nature is a *****, but another Ice Age would at least put sermonizing blockbuster filmmaking like this on deep freeze. full review

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Comments


  • mylor007
    May 4, 2009
    great informative movie but kind of scary
  • rosalyntabungar
    March 22, 2009
    Hi,it's a great movie.Cheer
  • liliecv
    March 2, 2009
    great movie
  • ymloya
    August 4, 2008
    This movie really moved me because it could happen one day and beside liking it, my husband played a part as an extra when the movie producers were down here in EL Paso,Texas. Sounds cools!
  • Redr0ses
    April 14, 2008
    How come there's not any videos?
  • mzednanreh
    February 1, 2008
    really scary!!!..cant think how to survive if that really happens.......gyllenhaal's really good just like dennis quaid
  • PapoNY69
    December 14, 2007
    Great movie,hey u never know this could happen to us!!!
  • shedo92
    November 7, 2007
    hi how are u
    i want just to tell u
    i love this movie
    ok t.c
    bye
  • jusLIKEme
    September 4, 2007
    DiiS iiS A ANiiMAL MOVii3 .. LOV3D iiT ... XOX
  • roro126
    August 31, 2007
    great movie i love it

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