The Day After Tomorrow

2004 • 123 minutes

About this movie

When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. As full-scale, massive evacuations to the south begin, a world-renowned climatologist (Quaid) who predicted the storm just a few days prior, must now risk his life to rescue his teenage son (Gyllenhaal) who is stranded in frozen, desolate Manhattan.

Ratings and reviews

It's curious there are so many detractors of the movie, while these events are currently occurring but without the dramatization and acceleration (read BBC or NatGeo current weather phenom). The movie remains one of the highest rentals of 'near apocalyptic' films to date. It's a great film, and to the intellectually curious (not gamers or zombie film watchers), stimulates thought on how the ocean currents ACTUALLY DO affect the world's weather patterns.

Nows days it seems people can't enjoy a movie as entertainment they are instead more concerned with it being "realistic" than entertaining. This is one of those films that although far from perfect is still fun to watch and I've watched it many times over the years because of this alone. If you want to watch an Oscar worthy film look somewhere else.

I absolutely enjoyed this movie. It was interesting to see both the political aspect of global warming and the everyday person aspect. You see it even today how people have different takes of what is actually happening with our planet and the resources and how different people view it in such different ways. Add to that the human factor such as feelings and beliefs and it plays very well on the screen: as a couch coach of course you see how people could have prepared a little better instead.