The Day After Tomorrow Already Forgotten

Rating: 4/10 (5 November 2004)

The Day After Tomorrow is a noble film, in concept. The political statement - or dialogue initiative - is timely and provocative. The film though, loses any political endeavor underneath the bubbling drama of the storm. The plot, however, does not do much more than fizzle. The characters and their relationships are never fully developed. The audience is not drawn into the story line, and the characters' dilemmas are unmoving and almost superfluous. The plot, like the world in film, is washed away by the awesome special effects. The awesome special effects are just that - awesome. But because they do not have a plot to support them, the film does not go far beyond the thrills of a broadcast network's report of an impending storm, leaving The Day After Tomorrow already forgotten.