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2012

PG-13

Released Nov 13, 2009

2h 38m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Earth's billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor), world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. When the global cataclysm finally occurs, failed writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) tries to lead his family to safety as the world starts falling apart.

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Critics Consensus

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

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Rated: 1/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Cusack, with his one-of-the-guys face and his nice way with child actors, does creditable work as an Average American Dad trying to put things right.

Rated: B

Sep 7, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Everything you’re expecting from 2012 is exactly what you’re going to get…Utterly impossible by any stretch of the imagination, the movie is a cheesy, one-dimensional, epic-sized spectacle that does exactly what it promises to—destroy the Earth.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 5, 2023

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

If you put your brain in neutral, you can enjoy an unprecedented scale of beautifully rendered destruction and learn that science isn't an exact science.

Rated: 3/5

May 24, 2023

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

A good disaster thriller must contain both thrills and massive destruction--2012 has both in great quantity.

Jan 26, 2022

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Lucas t

The CG is awful but the acting is good in most places, a good plot executed not so good and it is way to long. 4.7/10.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/04/24

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Laze T

Love this movie Ngl my fav natural disaster movie So rewatchable

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/28/24

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KerryWhite's S

Rating: 7/10. 70/100

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/25/24

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Audience Member

I think that people on here overrate this Movie , this is a well designed Movie , with some great cgi effects for its time , if you compare it to todays movie there are some good cgi scenes but you can see that they were made in a green screen , I got to admit that some acting was corny and some characters didn't work well in this Movie but overall this is a well Movie for the earth fall , the story how it is the end of the world also is not that bad , it makes somehow sense.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/24/24

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George R

Drags on way too long, cheesier than cheddar, and some of the worst plot points in a movie. However, visual effects team worked their ass off.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/23/24

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Beau T

This film made me a christian. You know it’s bad.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/04/24

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Roland Emmerich

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John Cusack

Jackson Curtis

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Adrian Helmsley

Amanda Peet

Kate

Oliver Platt

Carl Anheuser

Thandiwe Newton

Laura Wilson

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Synopsis

Earth's billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor), world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. When the global cataclysm finally occurs, failed writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) tries to lead his family to safety as the world starts falling apart.

Director: Roland Emmerich
Producer: Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon, Larry J. Franco
Screenwriter: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Centropolis Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Disaster Sequences)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 13, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $166.1M
Runtime: 2h 38m

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