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  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 59 m

Summary A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s ...

Directed By: Ric Roman Waugh

Written By: Chris Sparling

  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 59 m

Greenland

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 136 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s ...

Directed By: Ric Roman Waugh

Written By: Chris Sparling

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Metascore
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24% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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85
Feb 4, 2021
If you want a movie to nail-gun you to your seat, then you must visit Greenland.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 23, 2020
Gerard Butler's latest effort reveals a dramatic depth beneath the action man veneer. Brooding, bold and effortlessly engaging, Greenland breaks the mould.
By Martin Carr FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 136 User Ratings
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48% Positive
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39% Mixed
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13% Negative
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moviestalker
Sep 6, 2023
Solid movie. I especially liked the characters making reasonable decisions for once.
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Highlander2
Jun 18, 2022
Okay, this is a great on the edge of your seat movie. Even though the end of days is coming, the movie focuses on humans and what they would really do to survive. Will make you think. Can't wait for part two if they make it. Hope they do
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70
Jan 13, 2021
Rather than the overblown spectacle we’ve come to expect from films of this ilk, Greenland crafts a muscular, barebones survival story that even makes room for some genuine emotion. Hollywood disaster flicks have eradicated humanity many times before, but rarely as unassumingly as happens here.
By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 21, 2021
Greenland doesn’t often surprise, but it never disappoints.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Dec 16, 2020
If we strip away the comets raining fire on the earth, this film is about how the ways in which how we treat each other can be a matter of life or death. Even in that darkness, it dares to have a little hope.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
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Dec 16, 2020
Greenland isn’t some self-insistently timely movie and it probably isn’t the movie we “need” right now. But it’s the movie we have, and its honest to goodness but unintended genre resonance makes it easy to embrace.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW
37
Dec 18, 2020
Much of Greenland features chaotic crowd scenes. The real disaster is how quickly mankind descends into dismaying depravity.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
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10
sigou
Apr 3, 2022
A good film taken in a newdirection. More about surving the meteor than stopoing it. Heartfelt, good storyline, keeps you interested, good axting. Recommemded
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HotelCentral
Sep 10, 2022
Primarily, it's a disaster soap opera and in the first five or ten minutes the entire plot is revealed: a comet is coming and most of us are probably not going to survive. All that's left to discover is how many obstacles the screenplay puts between our main characters and safety. The big surprise? A Kentucky farmer has no handguns, just one bolt action rifle, to hand his daughter and son-in-law. Personally, I don't think that's credible. The film is moderately entertaining but lacks innovation and forget about plot twists.
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Ralfbergs
Sep 11, 2021
The movie was ok but some of the story seemed a bit dumb, some of it was interesting to see though what would happen in such type scenario. Acting was great, but I don't see why critics praise this movie so high in general. Not bad movie, but nothing incredible
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YorkMan
Feb 8, 2021
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Alaskaair7
Mar 4, 2021
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company STX Films, Anton, Thunder Road Pictures, G-BASE, Riverstone Pictures
Release Date Dec 18, 2020
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline It's the end of the world as we know it.
Website https://www.greenlandmovie.com/
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Awards

Austin Film Critics Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
CinEuphoria Awards
• 1 Nomination
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
• 1 Nomination

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