Metacritic Movie Ratings
2012 Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The mother of all disaster movies (and the father, and the extended family) spends half an hour on ominous set-up scenes (scientists warn, strange events occur, prophets rant and of course a family is introduced) and then unleashes two hours of cataclysmic special events hammering the Earth relentlessly.

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• 80

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  The visual effects are pretty sensational, delivering the cutting-edge CGI goods auds want and expect. It will be hard to watch "Earthquake'' ever again after this one.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  God forgive me, but I enjoyed the nerve-racking silliness of this newest, loudest exercise in destruction.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Eye-popping special effects ensure that this movie will be a smash hit, and while it's entertaining for most of its excessive running time, the cheesy script fails to live up to the grandeur of the physical production.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

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

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  As far as the new disaster film 2012 is concerned, the world will end with both a bang and a whimper, the bang of undeniably impressive special effects and the whimper of inept writing and characterization. You pays your money, you takes your chances.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Despite the frenetic action scenes, the movie sags, done in by multiple story lines that undercut one another and by the heaviness of its conceit.

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