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2012 (2009)

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Reviews Counted:215

Fresh:84

Rotten:131

Average Rating:5.1/10

Consensus: Roland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length.

Australian Rating: TBC

Genre: Action/Adventure

Australian Theatrical Release:
Nov 12, 2009 Wide

US Box Office: $165,790,127

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... 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 action film stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Amanda Peet. [More]

Starring: John Cusack, Chjwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt

Starring: John Cusack, Chjwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson

Director: Roland Emmerich

Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenwriter: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Producer: Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon, Larry Franco
Composer: Harald Kloser, Thomas Wander
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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It's easy to mock throwaway blockbusters like 2012, but as enthralling, mindless entertainment, the film is difficult to fault.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment 1 Comment
11/12/09
Jim Schembri
Jim Schembri
The Age (Australia)
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Wow special effects and a top supporting cast can’t override the numbing length of this best-of disaster movie blockbuster.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
11/11/09
Julian Shaw
Julian Shaw
FILMINK (Australia)
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If you’re the kind of movie goer who will happily munch popcorn at the sight of the apocalypse, 2012 will do the trick just nicely. And nastily.

Full Review Source: Herald Sun (Australia) | comment Comment
11/11/09
Leigh Paatsch
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
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It's big and cheesy and if you're in the mood for a dose of exaggerated end-of-world chaos, this is the popcorn movie for you. Roland Emmerich has gleefully combined every possible disaster extreme with child-like enthusiasm: massive visual effects

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
11/11/09
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile
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This movie is a disaster. At least it would be if it didn't fall into the "so bad it's good" category.

Full Review Source: Sunday Mail (Australia) | comment 8 Comments
11/08/09
Colin Newton
Colin Newton
Sunday Mail (Australia)
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It’s easy to scoff at the over-reliance of CGI in contemporary cinema but for a film like this it’s part and parcel of the whole, and computer generated effects have never before been used as spectacularly.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
11/04/09
David Stratton
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
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Terrible; wonderfully terrible.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies AU | comment 80 Comments
11/02/09
Patrick Kolan
Patrick Kolan
IGN Movies AU
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Emmerich supposedly spent $260m to give you the biggest experience for your ticket dollar and in this regard, he has succeeded tremendously, while, intentionally or otherwise, also delivering one of 2009’s best comedies.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine Australasia | comment 17 Comments
11/02/09
Michael Adams
Michael Adams
Empire Magazine Australasia
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The end of the world movie to end 'em all, it turns out to be a sort of cross between the sci-fi camptacular When Worlds Collide and every previous Emmerich movie. Guilty pleasures galore.

Full Review Source: Windy City Times | comment Comment
02/08/10
Richard Knight
Richard Knight
Windy City Times

Plausible plot points, great special effects and characters we care about. That's really about all you need to enjoy this Apocalypse Wow!

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
02/01/10
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Emmerich would be better off losing the pretense of respectability and embracing the B-movie showmanship that is clearly his strength.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
01/31/10
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Unbelievably dumb and sentimental movie.

Full Review Source: Clothes on Film | comment Comment
01/18/10
Chris Laverty
Chris Laverty
Clothes on Film

Uno supone que presenciar el fin del mundo debería ser un evento realmente dramático, sin embargo estamos ante una película excesiva y ridícula que se parodia involuntariamente a sí misma.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
01/12/10
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

My enthusiasm for 2012 is not because I think it's high art with an important social message. Screw that %u2013 this movie is about pure spectacle, and it pulls that off fabulously.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment 1 Comment
12/15/09
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

There's a whole world of destruction going on in the film's ridiculously excessive special-effects sequences. But there's a whole lot of entertaining going on, too.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
12/11/09
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

full review at Movies for the Masses

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
12/10/09
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Emmerich deals in crayon-kit characterizations and shots of famous monuments crumbling into dust

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment 2 Comments
12/08/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

2012 is well made spectacle. It's finely crafted trash. It's in on the joke, and it's laughing along with you.

Full Review Source: CHUD | comment Comment
12/07/09
Devin Faraci
Devin Faraci
CHUD

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.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
12/07/09
Sara Vilkomerson
Sara Vilkomerson
New York Observer

there is a misanthropic rush to be had from watching all those cities getting destroyed real good.

Full Review Source: fantastiqueZINE | comment Comment
12/07/09
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
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December 08, 2009: Roland Emmerich To Pocket $100 Million For 2012 Opens in new window
With 2012 looking to earn upwards of $700 million, it looks like its director Roland Emmerich's take of the cut will be roughly $100 million. Read the article for further details. More...

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. Opens in new window
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