2012

critic Reviews

, 40% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Roland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length.
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    Ben KenigsbergTime Out
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    Joshua RothkopfTime Out
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    Lisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment Weekly
    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.
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    Laremy LegelFilm.com
    2012 is the rare case of a bad film that I'm nevertheless obliged to recommend you see.
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    Sara VilkomersonObserver
    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.
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    A.O. ScottAt the Movies
    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.
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    Brian EggertDeep Focus Review
    Everything you’re expecting from 2012 is exactly what you’re going to get…Utterly impossible by any stretch of the imagination, the movie is a cheesy, one-dimensional, epic-sized spectacle that does exactly what it promises to—destroy the Earth.
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    James CrootThe Post NZ
    If you put your brain in neutral, you can enjoy an unprecedented scale of beautifully rendered destruction and learn that science isn't an exact science.
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    Danielle SolzmanSolzy at the Movies
    A good disaster thriller must contain both thrills and massive destruction--2012 has both in great quantity.
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    Allison RoseFlickDirect
    Harrelson has one of the better characters in the film and Peet does a good job.
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