John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover ...( see more  see more... ) , Chiwetel Ejiofor , George Segal , Oliver Platt , Morgan Lily , John Billingsley , Jimi Mistry , Patrick Bauchau , Thomas McCarthy

An academic researcher leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events that were predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar.

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39% liked it

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PG-13, 2 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Roland Emmerich

Release Date: November 13, 2009

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DVD Release Date: March 2, 2010

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  • February 6, 2010
    fun disaster flick, like candy
  • January 17, 2010
    A long, intense roller coaster ride.
  • January 8, 2010
    Have finally got round to watching this, I guess I must have been pretty damn desperate as where all the people who "starred" in this thing. The cast is outstanding for a movie like this, such a waste. I am sure I have watched this movie before, like everythime hollywood makes ...( read more)a damn disaster movie. No substance just style. Good special effects but we have seen it all before and after seeing footage of a real Tsunami we know the real thing is a lot more terrifying. The plot holes are just scary. After spoiling myself over the last couple of weeks with some great movies, it was a great fall to earth to watch crap like this. Well done hollywood, you can still make exspensive turds!
  • December 31, 2009
    A few things about the circumstances under which I viewed 2012: 1) I was at work and spent nothing but downtime watching it. 2) I watched a pirated (?) version on a small computer monitor where the captions were in Russian with no subtitles and 3) I watched it in 2 seperate viewi...( read more)ngs with little to no enthusiasm during the second installment. With that being said, 2012 was exactly what I expected -- a Roland Emmerich shit heap with just enough CG circle-jerking going on to pull you in and too much human interest nonsense to make your eyes roll and fill you with regret as a result of watching it. The disasters were spectacular while the characters and story left that usual (and expected) Emmerich-flavored bad taste in my mouth. If you pay A N Y amount of money to see this you're going to (or have gotten) hosed but I imagine its entertaining and ignorable enough to just fit the bill during a moderate hangover.
  • December 31, 2009
    As to why Roland Emmerich is always looking to destroy the world and kill us all...I don't have the foggiest, but damn he's good at it :))).
    Review pending...
  • February 9, 2010
    Los efectos no me impresionaron, la trama esta de una mas y los personajes si que están malos. El puntaje es porque me entretiene el genero, el desastre.
  • February 8, 2010
    The best part was when everyone died.
  • February 8, 2010
    "Roland Emmerich's movies sucks ass."

    That's what I wrote before I had seen it. Now that I have seen it, I must say that I am a man of my words.. This film did try to perform cunnilingus on the anus of the girl sitting next to me.
    Uncanny? Yes.
    What are the odds of a movie tha...( read more)t I said would suck ass, actually comes to life and starts to blow the unsuspecting * of the girl sitting next to me?
    I'm chocked to say the least... wait a minute.. the hell I am!
    The SoB did exactly what I predicted it to. Hurray for me!

    Not only did the directing suck, but the casting blew.
    John Cusack and Amanda Peet has to be two of the most boring people in all of Hollywood. How they've managed to hold on as long as they have in this "biss"(some people actually uses that contraction) is a mystery larger than that of a film enjoying a persons behind.
    Poor Woody and Danny.. You deserve better.

    On a lighter note I can say that the effects in '2012' is way better than that shit they smeared across the screen in 'Revenge of the Fallen'.

    PS. This is actually Rolands best movie up to date, but that isn't saying much.
  • February 8, 2010
    A lot better than I expected and much better than the Day After Tomorrow. The movie was exciting and had good special effects. It was a bit too long though, 2 hours would have been enough.
  • February 8, 2010
    more on disaster...but can happen in reality...also nice one...must see film..

Critic Reviews


November 16, 2009
A.O. Scott, At the Movies

Even though this movie's running time of two and a half hours is about one hour too long, there's still some pretty cool disaster stuff on the way. full review

November 16, 2009
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

2012 is so long, and its special effects are at once so outrageous and so thunderously predictable, that by the time I lurched from the theatre I felt that three years had actually passed and that the... full review

November 13, 2009
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

Why does Roland Emmerich enjoy killing off humanity? full review

November 13, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

The movie is an undeniable visual spectacle, but just as unequivocally a cheesy, ridiculous story. full review

November 13, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Roland Emmerich is an apocalypse chef. In 2012 he cooks America till it boils, adding live meat to the process at judicious intervals. full review

November 12, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Beware 2012, which works the dubious miracle of almost matching Transformers 2 for sheer, cynical, mind-numbing, time-wasting, money-draining, soul-sucking stupidity. full review

November 12, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

The effects are expensive-looking and impressive enough while you're watching them, although whatever awe they inspire doesn't last long: When you've seen one Washington Monument fall to bits, you've ... full review

November 12, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This is fun. 2012 delivers what it promises, and since no sentient being will buy a ticket expecting anything else, it will be, for its audiences, one of the most satisfactory films of the year. full review

November 11, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press

2012's narrative is super-banal and so are its special effects. full review

November 10, 2009
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine

Roland Emmerich has thrown everything imaginable at the screen in this mother (nature) of all destruction flicks. full review

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Comments


  • josie900
    January 20, 2010
    umm what do I say about this movie alot of really kwl could actualy happen things about it(freaky) love John Cusack acting but the movie just kinda srug on towards the end
  • danial19991
    December 29, 2009
    AWSOME MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!
  • Muktidaya
    December 9, 2009
    I LIKE IT,VERY GOOD!
  • muneerkalayath007
    December 5, 2009
    I like this Movie very Much....Really felt an end of the world...I am thinking if a man can made the end of the world this much horrible then how will be the real end from God.....No one can imagine.....
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    December 2, 2009
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  • norardzmtz80
    November 30, 2009
    NI YO QUE SOY MEXICANA CREO EN ESA PROFECIA DE LOS MAYAS NO SE COMO LA DEMAS GENTE SE SUGESTIONA,PERO LO QUE ADMIRO ES LA IMAGINACION DE LOS PRODUCTORES DE 2012
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    November 28, 2009
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  • konnehousmane
    November 26, 2009
    nice show
  • OsMaAaRdi
    November 25, 2009
    it's the greatest movie i've ever seen !
    el 3ama ma ajmalo !
    it's really an amazing movie ! wow
    and he's really a wonderful director! :P

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