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  • Actors: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders
  • Directors: Roland Emmerich
  • Writers: Roland Emmerich, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
  • Producers: Roland Emmerich, Kelly Van Horn, Kim H. Winther, Lawrence Inglee, Mark Gordon
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Oct 2004
  • Run Time: 124 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (102 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005JMXX
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 100,441 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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 emphasises 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 pummelled 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

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Better than Expected., 14 Feb 2005
By A. Webb "spider_al30001" (Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Day After Tomorrow - Two Disc Edition [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
I went to the cinema expecting this film to be a typical Hollywood big0budget film, and had very little hope of it being very good. I was quite pleasantly suprised at the film on the whole, although some of it was less pleasing.

Perhaps the best thing about this movie is the brilliant disaster scenes. The tornado and flooding is really enjoyable and shocking, and this alone makes the film worth watching.

The second half of the film however, slightly loses its way. The father/son relationship story is painful, and it is a shame taht they imcluded it. Luckily, the love interest between the two young protaganists is never too in your face, but again it could have been left out.

Do these plotlines spoil the film? No, I can't say that, as without them there wouldn't have been much to the film. They could, however, have been far better acted.

What I really wanted was some nice special effects and disaster scenes, I got these, and so the film deserves 3 stars.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Plot-challenged but visually stunning, 30 Nov 2004
This review is from: The Day After Tomorrow - Two Disc Edition [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
Roland Emmerich once again sacrifices plot in his relentless pursuit of SFX, and who can blame him? He raked in the cash with films like Independence Day, so the dog-eared formula book for disaster movies is consulted yet again for The Day After Tomorrow. And as with Independence Day, who shall save the human race from utter destruction but the Americans? Thank your lucky stars & srtipes, folks! If American films are not re-writing history to make Americans the heroes (U-571 being the ultimate case in point; I still refuse to watch such revisionist drivel) they are presenting us with increasingly implausible near-future scenarios where they come to our rescue. Mind, killing off the entire royal family by freezing them to death seems a very good idea, Mr Emmerich! And respect for the effects, dude! Like, wow!
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45 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars If the world's future is threatened, find a public library, 22 Jul 2004
By Victoria Craven - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Day After Tomorrow - Single Disc Edition [2004] [DVD] (DVD)
The Day After Tomorrow is everything you'd expect from the director of Independence Day; spectacular special effects, a beautiful cast who manage to look immaculately groomed throughout - despite their lives being turned upside down - and a good stack of dramatic one-liners. In a surprise twist to the trend of big-budget action films depicting America as the good guy however, the writers should be praised for the alternative stance they take. The film is often thought-provoking in this way, and the political statement it makes regarding important issues allows it to stand out from the deluge of mediocre blockbusters of the same genre.

The story follows Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) as a government climatologist who, when he learns of the powerful storm forming a path of destruction across the world, treks through the killer conditions to find his estranged son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal). Sam, however, has found safety a long with a group of friends and fellow citizens, in the New York Public Library. As the storm closes in around the terrified crowd, they attempt to salvage food, warmth and - cheesy American film as it is - hope. The thing that most surprised me about the film is that it was often very funny. There are numerous memorable lines, and a clever use of ironic humour.

The special effects are, of course, outstanding. Then again, you'd expect nothing less from a film of this capacity. In particular, the birds eye view of New York City conveys the lengths the art department have gone to to create an authentic look. It is interesting to note that director Roland Emmerich (who also directed Godzilla) makes a point of emphasising the carelessness of the world's inhabitants, and the destructive effects their pollution is having upon the planet.

It does, of course, have its disgustingly sentimental moments, and is often highly predictable. Saying that, it is a film i'd watch again, not least because it seems to have somewhat of a prophetic air about it. It's well worth watching.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An individual, dramatic film.
The day after tomorrow is a disaster film. it describes how a scientist tries to put forward the idea that a huge storm is going to hit the world. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Cem Dymoke

3.0 out of 5 stars The Day After Tomorrow
`The Day After Tomorrow' is one of those films that is hugely flawed, has dubious science and yet is extremely entertaining. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Spider Monkey

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
I really love this movie and I could watch this over and over. Its fantastic. 10 / 10.
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. J. L. Edwards

3.0 out of 5 stars A Special Effects Age descends on the world
An apocalyptic exploration of the claim by Art Bell and Whitley Streiber in their book, "The Coming Global Superstorm". Read more
Published 4 months ago by Budge Burgess

4.0 out of 5 stars Day after Tomorrow: A see-again movie.
A very enjoyable and thought-provoking movie. Good effects. I've watched it 3 times. It makes you think about the possible effects of global warming and the changing climate. Read more
Published 5 months ago by C. A. Daniele

2.0 out of 5 stars Missed potential
I really wanted to like this film as it was an attempt to get the global warming message across to a lot of people. Unfortunately it was a bad attempt. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Kate Gardner

1.0 out of 5 stars pointless
roland emmerich has crawed up his back side since makin godzilla and spurned out drivel like this since.this is pointless rubbish that has some good effects in it
Published 13 months ago by martin thomas

1.0 out of 5 stars even Turner dosnt like it
This film is so stooopid its sily and wrong im gonna tell my mummy and my daddy and russell hoyle just how much this film really smells this film is stinky even Russells glasses... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Adam Oliver

1.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!
An attempt at a big budget, zeitgeist film that'll have `em queuing around the block.

I can just imagine the production meetings:

"Hey, I've got an idea... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Paranoid

4.0 out of 5 stars ace!
an excellent achievement!i watched this with my family on a saturday night and it gripped me so much that i was actually freezing by the middle and needed extra blankets! Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ms. F. I. Macdonald

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