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The Day After Tomorrow

6.6/ 10

TMDB Rating

8,755

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2004

Release Year

123 min

Runtime

Science Fiction
Thriller
Adventure

Overview

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.

Keywords

new york city
philadelphia, pennsylvania
saving the world
scotland
climate change
greenhouse effect
tornado
hurricane
hail
temperature drop
ice age
polar zone
barrier ice
ice melting
evacuation
flooding
rescue mission
global warming
tsunami
end of the world
disaster
snow
scientist
united nations
high school student
climatologist
freezing
frozen alive
disaster movie
snowed in
typhoon
cataclysmic storm
new york public library
global catastrophe
climate science
climate crisis
superstorm
torrential rain
mass casualties

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Reviews(5)

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John Chard

John Chard

June 10, 2019

5
5/10

It threatened and promised to be a politically (wooly) mammoth disaster picture. Jack Hall is certain that another ice age is imminent due to the effects of global warming, but the government just will not listen to him. Sure enough the climate changes and the world is at threat from perilous fr

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

August 29, 2020

10
10/10

I gather that climate deniers hate films like this. I would be sad if my political or social stances Completely prevented me from being able to appreciate films that stretch credulity the opposite way from my own views. I mean, I am an ardent atheist and have enjoyed religious films. I am all for sc

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The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

January 21, 2023

6
6/10

**The Day After Tomorrow ends the world better than most natural disaster films, with an experienced disaster director and a grounded premise.** Roland Emmerich, the master of disaster, created one of the quintessential apocalyptic natural disaster films with The Day After Tomorrow. Floods, tsuna

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

September 4, 2023

6
6/10

"Jack Hall" (Dennis Quaid) is the somewhat discredited scientist who warns of impending disaster when the mother of all ice storms gathers - reducing temperatures to well below freezing and causing huge tsunami waves and heavy snows to devastate civilisation. Adding to the poor man's woes is his son

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Alunauwie

September 29, 2025

9
9/10

The Day After Tomorrow is a thrilling sci-fi film inspired by The Coming Global Superstorm, blending environmental warning with disaster spectacle. Though criticized for its scientific inaccuracies, it powerfully raises awareness about climate change through intense visual effects and emotional stor

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