- Studio: Columbia Pictures
- Release Date: Nov 13, 2009
- Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Cusack, Thandie Newton
- Summary: 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. (Sony Pictures)
- Director: Roland Emmerich
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 34
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Mixed: 14 out of 34
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Negative: 6 out of 34
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100There'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.
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802012 isn't a bad movie that, out of sheer boredom, you might snicker at once or twice; it's a two-and-a-half hour laugh riot that plays on our expectations of the genre by anticipating and exceeding them.
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50The last 40 minutes test your patience -- and intelligence -- in a way the rest of this big, dumb, crazy movie never does:
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38Perhaps the strangest thing about 2012 is that the bad parts of the film are among the most enjoyable, because they're so over-the-top ridiculous that it's impossible not to break out laughing.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 100 out of 212
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Mixed: 36 out of 212
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Negative: 76 out of 212
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