2012

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  • Opened November 13, 2009 
  • 2 hr 38 min
  • PG-13 | intense disaster sequences and some language
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. More on child suitability

  • Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. 2012 is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Full synopsis

  • Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt
  • Director: Roland Emmerich
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Suspense/Thriller

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Critics say So-So
49 out of 100
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2012 Movie Review

by Asianfreak

88 out of 100 It's so thrilling that you'll s*** your pants....

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Get to the picture.

by too_legit

This movie was dragging the "BIG HIT"for way too long. Super predictable plot, they could've did something different for once....

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by Movie geek 1997

One of the best disaster movies I had ever seen. I was 12 at the time I went the first weekend it came out and it really changed my life. Even though I saw the movie when the redskins were playing...

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Critic Reviews

100
San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

There's something to be said for a formula picture done almost to perfection. In 2012, Emmerich gives you everything you expect, but gives it to you bigger. Read full review

75
Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

God forgive me, but I enjoyed the nerve-racking silliness of this newest, loudest exercise in destruction. Read full review

70
The Hollywood Reporter
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Eye-popping special effects ensure that this movie will be a smash hit, and while it's entertaining for most of its excessive running time, the cheesy script fails to live up to the grandeur of the physical production. Read full review

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

This film that imagines the end of the world not as a whimper but as an implosion is a preposterously diverting, instantly forgettable, big-screen video game. Read full review

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Morgan Lily, Amanda Peet and Liam James in "2012."