Independence Day (1996 film)
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May 28, 2004 · The Day after Tomorrow. Roger Ebert May 28, 2004. Tweet. May contain spoilers. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. It is such a relief to hear the music swell up at the end of a Roland Emmerich movie, its restorative power giving us new hope. Billions of people may have died, but at least the major characters have survived.
- The Cast
- The Special Effects
- The Cheese
- The Good Will
Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum have a sweet teen love story. Dennis Quaid is an action hero. Sela Ward is the last good doctor in the world. What's not to love?
Gyllenhaal is great, but the real star of this movie is the tidal wave over the Statue of Liberty. That tidal wave deserves an Oscar for best supporting actor. Even 12 years later, the effects (including the aforementioned wave, a dozen tornadoes destroying LA, and a frozen dystopian Manhattan) are still incredibly impressive without verging into t...
There’s no denying, this movie is chock full of good, old-fashioned Hollywood cheese. Enjoy exchanges like “I thought you said it was too dangerous to go outside. “I know I did.” And beyond the fact that when it tries to be serious it often goes into the realm of the melodramatic, it also has plenty of humor. Like when the survivors at the library ...
One of the things that separates this movie from many, many other “disaster porn” flicks is that at the end of the day (or the 2 hour and 4 minute run time) there is a little bit of hope and a little bit of a message about Global Warming (remember when the astronauts talk about how clear the sky is?). When Superman killed Zod, what were we hopeful ...
- 3 min
- Kelly Lawler
The Day After Tomorrow is a ludicrous popcorn thriller filled with clunky dialogue, but spectacular visuals save it from being a total disaster. After climatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by ...
- (1.2M)
- Roland Emmerich
- PG-13
- Dennis Quaid
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May 28, 2004 · The Day After Tomorrow: Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok. Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
- (466K)
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Roland Emmerich
- 2004-05-28
Our review: Parents say ( 17 ): Kids say ( 53 ): Co-writer and director Roland Emmerich gave us an entertaining disaster movie with Independence Day; this one has some of the same ingredients, but they don't mix as well. The Day After Tomorrow doesn't have the some heart or the zing that Will Smith, Robert Loggia, and Jeff Goldblum brought to ...
- Dennis Quaid, Emmy Rossum, Jake Gyllenhaal
- Roland Emmerich
- Twentieth Century Fox
The film does start off absolutely brilliantly, with a wonderful idea for a story and truly spectacular special effects. As a matter of fact, the whole film is well worth watching for the special effects alone. The acting is not too bad; Jake Gyllanhaal is rather bland, but Dennis Quaid is a superb lead. Plus Emmy Rosum looks positively radiant ...
May 27, 2004 · It’s been a long while since we’ve had a disaster epic of these proportions on the screen. Harkening back to the days of Earthquake! and The Poseidon Adventure, The Day After Tomorrow delivers all the right stuff: an impending catastrophe, dozens of locations, mountains of special effects, and the obligatory huge cast that will ultimately provide the required victims.
