Directed by Roland Emmerich Starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders » View on IMDB Rated 3.0/5.0, based on 532 reviews. Buy from Amazon: New price: $4.06 Used price: $1.00

An Excuse To Overdo SFX
Rating: 2/5
The Day After Tomorrow was that movie that was simply made as an excuse to have a 2 + hour film filled with ridiculously over the top special effects. The story is nothing to write home about which is really what killed this movie, actually the whole story seemed very cliché as a climatologist races against time in order to convince the world and the government that they need to change their ways or global warming will destroy the Earth. Obviously this was a sensitive subject matter as even now the mass media are still quite hysterical over the possibility of a new Ice Age thanks to global warming.

Dennis Quaid plays Jack Hall the climatologist who once he learns that the climate shift that will bring the new Ice Age is coming much faster than expected, he's in a race against time to make it to New York to be with his son but he may be too late as the oceans rise at a rapid rate flooding New York in a matter of minutes. The real question is, will his son survive and will he make it to New York. Yes, that's it, that's the entire story in a nutshell, there's no other real story apart from a mild mannered love story between Sam Hall (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Laura Chapman (Emmy Rossum) but again that's nothing to really go on about.

Overall this is quite a mediocre film with, sure great effects but apart from that it's really nothing special. If you enjoy films with great effects and not much depth then you may enjoy this, but if you're looking for a film with even a half decent story then this is something you shouldn't really waste your time on.

The day after tommorow
Rating: 5/5
the movie takes the facts and twist them to the extreme.The special effects are great.

plausible aside
Rating: 4/5
I liked the movie and have watched it more than 10 times. I like disaster flicks. I didn't have problems with caring for the characters. No movie is perfect, dialog like in ALL movies has its moments but it is entertaining. Different than the asteroid coming to destroy the earth movies. Was a change from that.

This movie was meant for hi def!
Rating: 5/5
I never saw this movie on DVD. That being said, I cannot imagine the DVD experience being worth the money. This movie was meant to be viewed in high definition. Absolutely beautiful!