|
|
MSNBC reporter Jenny Lerner, while investigating a high-level scandal in Washington, stumbles upon the story that a comet is on a collision course with Earth. A year earlier, amateur teenage astronomer Leo Biederman discovered a new comet that is the one now certified to hit within the year. US President Beck announces to the world that a spaceship called the Messiah will blast off in two months to... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller and Adaptation |
|
| Running Time: |
2 hrs. |
|
| Release Date: |
May 8, 1998 |
|
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for intense disaster related elements and brief language. |
|
| Distributors: |
Paramount Pictures
|
|
| U.S. Box Office: |
$140,424,703 |
|
|
| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
C+
|
|
Austin Chronicle, Marc Savlov
"So weighty, so serious, so very deadly dull..." more...
|
C- |
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"...the movie as a whole is pretty routine." more...
|
C+ |
Cincinnati Enquirer, Margaret A. McGurk
"...worth seeing as a decent first step on the road to a more mature crop of high-style action movies." more...
|
B- |
E! Online,
"...(Morgan) Freeman gives a strong and dignified performance..." more...
|
B |
|
|
In Theaters 
Production Photos: 
