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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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Editorial Review:
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than any they've ever encountered: Mother Nature!
Description of The Day After Tomorrow:
Supreme silliness doesn't stop The Day After Tomorrow from being lots of fun for connoisseurs of epic-scale disaster flicks. After the blockbuster profits of Independence Day and Godzilla, you can't blame director Roland Emmerich for using global warming as a politically correct excuse for destroying most of the northern hemisphere. Like most of Emmerich's films, this one emphasizes special effects over such lesser priorities as well-drawn characters and plausible plotting, and his dialogue (cowritten by Jeffrey Nachmanoff) is so laughably trite that it could be entirely eliminated without harming the movie. It's the spectacle that's important here, not the lame, recycled plot about father and son (Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal) who endure an end-of-the-world scenario caused by the effects of global warming. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the awesome visions of tornado-ravaged Los Angeles, blizzards in New Delhi, Japan pummeled by grapefruit-sized hailstones, and Manhattan flooded by swelling oceans and then frozen by the onset of a modern ice age. It's all wildly impressive, and Emmerich obviously doesn't care if the science is flimsy, so why should you? --Jeff Shannon
The Day After Tomorrow Reviews:
Amazon is NOT Blu-Ray quality 
2009-12-07 - I am not reviewing the movie, just the quality of the disc. I was hoping to watch some of my favorite action movies in Blu-Ray on my new computer, and add to my small collection. I watched two vids for a short time, sensing something was not right. I then watched "Pirates...", and "Dark Knight", purchased at full price from Best Buy some time ago. Big difference!!! Amazon is selling regular or dupped "Blu-Rays". A fraud. They are no where near the picture quality from Blu-rays purchased elsewhere. Those that I have purchased that have not arrived yet, will be returned. I am totally disappointed in Amazon now, and they have lost my respect as an honest retailer.
One of the Worst Disaster Movies Ever
2009-11-16 - Michael Bay is sometimes the whipping boy of film fans for being the poster boy for movies with little "artistic quality", being movies that have explosions and special effects, flawed with lame characters, plot holes, no plot, stupid humor, being devoid of anything that makes a movie good. Sure, I'm not a fan of Michael Bay's movies, as most of them really do suck (although if you know my reviews, Transformers film series are a lot of fun). However, Michael bay doesn't even come close to sucking as much as Roland Emmerich. Okay fine, granted, Roland Emmerich doesn't exactly suck at directing. I don't think it takes no talent to orchestrate disaster scenes like he does.
First off, this isn't a terrifyling awful movie. The special effect scenes are amazing, as well as the many aerial shots. Watching the Tornadoes rip through LA, watching things crack, and the whole flooding scene of New York are all amazing scenes. New York City when it is frozen in ice near the end is another great site. There are some good shots and scenes that are cool to watch, but that's really the only thing they have going for it. I mean, the production values are fine, the settings and good, and the acting isn't that bad either. The actors are cool for the most part, but the actors give me absolutely nothing to grab onto regarding plot. This is the prime example of how money doesn't always make something good. The movie has absolutely nothing else to offer.
The Day After Tomorrow fails on the scientific front, filled with so many gaping plot holes and scientific inaccuraies that make the plot hard to deal with. It's another reason why this movie sucks, as this movie doesn't create interest about global warming and nature. What's the point of listening to the ramblings when you know most of it is absurd. At least Independence Day didn't fall back on much science, instead of being about Aliens. Aliens are science fiction and speculation, sometimes a fantasy creature, so there's no way that movie can fall into the trap of pure fantasy. Sorry, even as somebody who is sketchy about realistic fictional entertainment does not deal with the excuse of scientifically inaccurate.
Another thing wrong is the story. Oh dear god the story. The half assed, cliched father and son story is extremely cookie cutter, and even having Jake Gyllenhaal as the son doesn't even make me like the protaginist. Personally, his latest had me rooting for the protagonist (which actually wasn't that bad of a movie) being the fact that it's __________ John Cusack (he was cool in the movie too), but I don't really care about Dennis Quaid one bit. These characters are just so one dimensional and cardboard, so "realistic" that it makes me realize that watching these boring people has as much point as watching cooke cutter characters that are fictional. Oh wait.
The Day After Tomorrow's flaws are very obvious from the beginning. Just remember that if you are watching it for science, it is ultimately bull_____ . If you are watching it for a story, why do you care about fictional father and son? Don't you have your own son. if you are watching this for the disaster sequences, remember that there is about twenty minutes of cool forces of nature scenes in a two hour movie. While Roland Emmerich had sank even lower than this with Godzilla, this is still a poster child for intelligently insulting big budget disaster movies. There are better blockbuster movies out there, and then again, summer blockbusters aren't that great of movies anyway.
D+
the day after tomorrow 
2009-10-31 - this is definitely one of the best action movies i've seen in a long time, acting was excellant, special effects the best ever. just a really fun movie to watch i was glued to my seat from start to finish, not many movies do this, the best movie ever....Day After Tomorrow [Blu-ray]
Absolutely the Best disaster movie EVER!
2009-10-17 - I have never seen a better disaster movie in my entire life so far to date, this move rocks, it is better than Twister, Volcano, 10.5 Apocalypse, Category 7 the end of the world, as well as many others I'm sure! The action and thrills just keep coming! This is better than spectacular, totally cool, or what a ride (comments by Jim Ferguson, Gene Shalit, and Joel Siegel)!!!!! This is NOT a movie that you sit through and then afterwards want to erase from your memory, it's just..................AWESOME!!!!!
Awesome Movie!
2009-10-03 - I would recommend this movie to everyone! It's one of my favorite movies to watch. It's also for sale on[...]
