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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireEmpireEverybody is good at one thing, they say; for Emmerich, it's destruction.
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThis highly entertaining spin on eco-catastrophe could turn the most meteorologically challenged among us into Weather Channel freaks.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenDespite the clunky bits, "Tomorrow" still manages to deliver the blockbuster goods.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA disarmingly pulpy, eye-popping disaster movie during its first half, and an increasingly dull survival melodrama during its second.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe Day After Tomorrow is filled with bad dialogue, stock peril situations, and sketchy character development, but it's a big enough spectacle that those things don't completely derail the film's capacity to be enjoyed.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaNever mind the cool, convincing effects (and they are cool), The Day After Tomorrow teems with illogical action, improbable coincidences. It's pure escapist fare, a popcorn gobbler.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThis often entertaining movie mixes grand, epic effects and amazing visualizations of catastrophe with a sappy family-in-crisis plot that would look hackneyed in a '60s Disney TV movie.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe really good news is that the disaster money shots are some of the finest ever filmed.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumA decent disaster pic comes down to the handful of colorful individuals who will live (or, depending on the prominence of their billing, die), as it has since the days of chewy disaster meatballs like ''The Towering Inferno'' and ''Earthquake.'' And the heaviest lifting in Emmerich's production falls to Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal.
- 50Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleWhat most hurts The Day After Tomorrow is its unfortunate, lecturing tone.