Great effects but flawed

Rating: 5/10 (26 May 2019)

The Day after tomorrow is a disaster movie with global warming, climate change and involves all sorts of tornadoes and storms.
The movie feels like typical Hollywood with a nice and predictable ending and everyone seemingly fine in the end. It is watered down and of course has a very family friendly and feel good tone about it, but this is expected since it was intended to be a big summer blockbuster.
The movie isn't completely bad, there are some nice looking effects but it is lacking any sense of mystery or thrills. Several flaws as well. Some things which were questionable were, the fact that they were in hiding in this large public library with multiple floors but apparently there wasn't a cafeteria or any lunch room. But just one vending machine.
Also a scene where the girl cuts her leg, people start to notice the cut is bad and could be serious. So we see Jake Gyllenhaal and his friends go out and seemingly find a place for medicine, and they were so conveniently able to find the exact right medicine and find it pretty quickly.
And of course the ending with Dennis Quaid traveling distances to rescue Jake and everyone in the library.