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- Synopsis
- Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) crafts this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller following the prophecy stated by the ancient Mayan calendar, which says that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012....
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- Director(s)
- Roland Emmerich
- Distributor(s)
- Columbia Pictures
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 158 min.
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Critic Reviews
2012 takes the disaster movie -- once content simply to threaten the Earth with a comet, or blow up the White House -- to its natural conclusion, the literal end of the world.Read the full review
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 the full review
The mother of all disaster movies (and the father, and the extended family) spends half an hour on ominous set-up scenes (scientists warn, strange events occur, prophets rant and of course a family is introduced) and then unleashes two hours of cataclysmic special events hammering the Earth relentlessly.Read the full review
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DVD: I Watched This On Purpose: 2012
05/18/10 Sometimes, even The A.V. Club isn't impervious to the sexy allure of ostensible cultural garbage. | The A.V. Club -
Paramount begins German production
04/22/10 Paramount Pictures has begun production on its first German-language feature -- the post-apocalyptic thriller "2016: Das Ende Der Nacht" ("2016: The End of Night"), which Roland Emmerich is executive producing. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Paul Greengrass circles 'Fantastic Voyage'
03/31/10 Paul Greengrass is feeling adventurous, entering early talks to direct the 3D redo of adventure-fantasy "Fantastic Voyage" for 20th Century Fox and James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment. | Variety -
Will Smith Onboard for Two Independence Day Sequels?
03/30/10 I remember the summer of 1996 and Independence Day so vividly, mainly because the movie scared the crap out of me thanks to walking out to a rainstorm that looked exactly like that which preceded the monster UFOs. Good times. | Cinematical.com -
'Godzilla' Roars Back, Legendary Pictures to (Re)Americanize the Japanese Giant
03/29/10 To the fans of Japan's finest cultural export since ninjas, I apologize. | Cinematical.com -
Olympic short film comp launched in U.K.
03/22/10 The summer of 2012 is already on movie industry calendars as being anything but sunny for boxoffice prospects, whatever the actual outcome of the prediction of the end of the world in that year by doomsayers interpreting the Mayan calendar. | The Hollywood Reporter -
39% 2012
03/04/10 Roland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length. | Rotten Tomatoes -
'Space Invaders' Adaptation Drops Down, Increases Speed, Reverses Direction With Warner Bros
03/03/10 With a " Missile Command " movie in development at Fox, and Universal working on an adaptation of " Asteroids ," Warner Bros. is looking to get a vintage game of its own. | MTV Movies Blog -
'2012' Director Roland Emmerich On Noah's Ark, Conspiracies And The New DVD
03/02/10 Is it crazy to say " 2012 " — a film about the fire- and tsunami-strewn obliteration of planet Earth as we know it — was one of the most fun theatrical experiences of the year? | MTV Movies Blog -
Spin-ematical: New on DVD and Blu-ray for 3/2
03/02/10 Where the Wild Things Are is most effective because it faithfully recreates the dimensions of childhood experience, but it filters them through the realities of adulthood. | Cinematical.com
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