Review of: The Day After Tomorrow

2/5 (minimum 1)

by tom on 23 Apr 2007

A serious message wrapped in a cheesey film. It passes the time, and does have a moment or two of tension, but the script-writing is pretty awful and there are a few fairly annoying details that don't help you take the whole thing seriously.

My first annoying niggle was in the library when they seem intent on burning books, rather than all the wooden chairs, tables, and shelves around them. Obviously this just provides an opportunity for a little aside into "can we really do this?" moral dilemna territory.

I guess I've got used to national stereotypes in Hollywood films, but the portrayal of the British scientists (football fan and token black man led my lovable old duffer professor, toasting "England" at the end, with Scotch) is just so laughable.

Perhaps most objectionable is the scene showing the US president being the urged to leave the White House, as "they're the last ones left". I can't believe for a minute that any US president (or other head of state) would stay behind to be the last one out. Instead they'd be the first to scarper to somewhere safe and warm. Pah. At least the Royal Family come a cropper in their choppers, so maybe there is some justice after all.

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The Day After Tomorrow

Tags: action disaster environmental film flood global-warming hurricance ice movie rescue storm
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See Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After_Tomorrow