It's easy to mock throwaway blockbusters like 2012, but as enthralling, mindless entertainment, the film is difficult to fault.
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11/12/09
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... [More]
Starring: John Cusack, Chjwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt
Director: Roland Emmerich
Reviews for 2012
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticWow special effects and a top supporting cast can’t override the numbing length of this best-of disaster movie blockbuster.
11/11/09
Top CriticIf 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.
11/11/09
Top CriticIt'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
11/11/09
Top CriticThis movie is a disaster. At least it would be if it didn't fall into the "so bad it's good" category.
11/08/09
Top CriticIt’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.
11/04/09
Top CriticTerrible; wonderfully terrible.
11/02/09
Top CriticEmmerich 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.
11/02/09
Top CriticThe 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.
02/08/10
Plausible plot points, great special effects and characters we care about. That's really about all you need to enjoy this Apocalypse Wow!
02/01/10
Emmerich would be better off losing the pretense of respectability and embracing the B-movie showmanship that is clearly his strength.
01/31/10
Unbelievably dumb and sentimental movie.
01/18/10
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.
01/12/10
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.
12/15/09
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.
12/11/09
full review at Movies for the Masses
12/10/09
Emmerich deals in crayon-kit characterizations and shots of famous monuments crumbling into dust
12/08/09
2012 is well made spectacle. It's finely crafted trash. It's in on the joke, and it's laughing along with you.
12/07/09
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.
12/07/09
there is a misanthropic rush to be had from watching all those cities getting destroyed real good.
12/07/09
Latest News for 2012
December 08, 2009:
Roland Emmerich To Pocket $100 Million For 2012 
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.
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November 13, 2009:
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