Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) wants the government to know that based on prior climatic patterns, we're due for global warming then refreezing. When? Maybe in 100 years, maybe in 1,000 years. It's difficult to tell.
Well, the warmup/refreeze happens NOW. The government ignores what's happening until most of America is destroyed by what look for all the world like hurricanes.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW has plot holes one can drive a Mack truck through. For one thing, Luci Hall (Sela Ward) manages to get an ambulance to her location despite the fact that the weather is disastrous outside. For another, they managed to find an excuse to burn books - the global deep freeze means that those stuck in the New York Public Library's main branch (including Jack Hall's son Sam, played by Jake Gyllenhall) have to find a fireplace and some books. Never mind how they start the fire keeping them warm.
I agree with other reviewers who have noted that there are too many characters to save, and never mind trying to keep track of them. Ian Holm's character gets lost in the shuffle; I don't remember what happens to him, if they dealt with that at all in this movie. And never mind the fact that somehow, special medical equipment is available to keep Sela Ward's patient alive until the ambulance finally gets there. No patient that sick would be likely to make it through a days-long wait for an ambulance, but this little boy somehow does.
I would have liked more resolution. What happens to the earth after all this disaster happens? We don't know. There are simply too many loose ends.
On the positive side, the special effects are cheesy enough to create some bemusement - unintentional bemusement, to be sure, but amusement nonetheless. I got a good chuckle out of the fact that for hurricanelike storms, those clouds moved about as fast as a snapshot.
In short, I'd advise skipping this film unless you're a die-hard disaster movie fan.
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