Here's a movie that's dopey, cheesy and sometimes downright silly. But it's a disaster movie. It's supposed to be ridiculous.
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11/17/09
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2012 (2009)
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Reviews Counted:202
Fresh:75
Rotten:127
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Roland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length.
Rated: 12A [See Full Rating]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:13-11-2009
Synopsis: Roland Emmerich has given movie watchers several apocalyptic films in the past in INDEPENDENCE DAY and THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, and he offers another look at the end of the world in 2012. This... [More]
Starring: John Cusack, Chjwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt
Director: Roland Emmerich
Reviews for 2012
41 - 60 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
It's great to see Fred Astaire, er, Danny Glover back in the saddle as the President of the United States. It's the first time America elected a President whose campaign slogan was 'I'm too old for this s**t.'
11/17/09
...two hours and forty minutes of the same action scene recycled over and over again...
11/16/09
2012 is the expensive, large-scale version of the same spectacle presented by downmarket counterparts like the Final Destination and Saw franchises.
11/16/09
If they had just put a decent story with these fabulous special effects, this could have really been something special. "2012" could have done without so many of its characters like those two guys on the Love Boat.
11/16/09
2012 rarely convincingly places its stars in the midst of destruction.
11/16/09
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.
11/16/09
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.
11/16/09
It was your average D Day film with all the bells and whistles and while many will enjoy it, it could have been better.
11/16/09
2012's cutting-edge CGI special-effects technology combine with the campy failings of the worst of the 1950's B-movies making for an unlikely comedy of disaster-epic proportions.
11/15/09
After the deplorable 'Day After Tomorrow' I wasn't expecting much, but this is an entertaining movie with mind-boggling special effects.
11/15/09
With a planet sized disaster film, there are nation sized holes to pick at if you choose, but there's a world of fun to be had if you sit back and let the destruction wash over you in this fantastical, mind blowing visual feast.
11/15/09
A boring, stupid, overlong, obnoxious, soulless piece of Hollywood "product."
11/15/09
Spectacular special effects and one of the dumbest screenplays of the year.
11/15/09
2012 is a fun ride, so long as you don't think about how silly it all is.
11/14/09
Primal, not tactful
11/14/09
Emmerich doesn't mess around when intent on messing up the world for good. But his pop apocalypse multiplying man's worst fears, always goes down easy with a side order of popcorn. Apocalypse Wow.
11/14/09
An eye-popping, insult to the intelligence strictly for the kiddies and crackpot doomsday enthusiasts.
11/14/09
It's pointless to fault '2012' for being silly or perpetuating scientific and historic baloney. Instead, the new movie's unforgivable transgression is that it fails to make any of the apocalyptic destruction fun.
11/14/09
Amazing special effects assume the starring role here, but cast members also deserve recognition for adding a humanistic touch to this over-the-top disaster movie.
11/14/09
Latest News for 2012
November 15, 2009:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: 2012 Destroys the Competition
This weekend Audiences were warned - by Mayans and film critics alike - but moviegoers around the world still flooded the multiplexes to see Roland Emmerich's latest disaster... More...
November 14, 2009:
Emmerich doesn't mess around when intent on messing up the world for good. But his pop apocalypse multiplying man's worst fears, always goes down easy with a side order of popcorn. Apocalypse Wow. 
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November 13, 2009:
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November 13, 2009:
Roland Emmerich Talks 2012 DVD/Blu-ray, Shakespeare Project, and More
Roland Emmerich is poised to destroy the world -- and rule the box office -- one more time with this weekend's release of "2012." What's next for Emmerich? Shakespeare. More...
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