Excellent, if sobering, thinking man's disaster film.

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2008)

A film that I enjoy the more times I watch it. Few things are better than a film that deals with the chance of the world ending, and this one delivers lots of sobering moments as Europe, Asia and most of America get thrown into a sudden ice-age. The effects are fantastic and realistic and the plot holds up, mostly. There is a bit too much of the schmaltzy stuff and it is very American, but once you've swallowed all that it's a great film and perfect to watch on a cold winter's Day as I did.
The acting holds up and the director keeps a firm hand on what are quite a few plot lines. Some of the latter could have been dropped, especially the daft and sentimental scenes trying to save the cancer patient, but I suppose the human element is always necessary in such films even if the excess of sugar isn't quite to English tastes.
Bottom line...so good I bought the DVD.