2012 (2009)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Jackson Curtis	John Cusack	½
Dr. Adrian Helmsley	Chiwetel Ejiofor
Kate Curtis	Amanda Peet	½
Noah Curtis	Liam James
Lilly Curtis	Morgan Lily
Dr. Gordon Silberman	Thomas McCarthy
Thomas Wilson	Danny Glover
Dr. Laura Wilson	Thandie Newton
Carl Anheuser	Oliver Platt
Yuri Karpov	Zlatko Buric
Tamara	Beatrice Rosen
Charlie Frost	Woody Harrelson
Tony Delgatto	George Segal

Review

In classic Roland Emmerich style, 2012 focuses on microscopic effects of a plotting which is so large that the German director's treatment of it never can be even close to satisfactory. Instead, Emmerich stays concerned with family ties, unsympathetic bad guys and the heroic efforts of the ordinary man, as usual. A simplification which, in the midst of this overproportioned yarn, probably is welcomed for most viewers. As such, 2012 delivers what it promises; a large-scale disaster with a simple point of view and digestible chunks of melodrama. It has basically the same strengths and weaknesses as The Day After Tomorrow, that is to say an enthralling idea that with a handful of rewrites by talented writers and substantially more subtle direction could have resulted in an important entry in the disaster subgenre. 2012 is not that. Depending on how many questions you feel you owe your sense of logic to ask, this film can provide useful, CGI-driven entertainment at best.