Greenland
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John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
What critics thought
Greenland earns modest but genuine goodwill by stripping away the usual blockbuster spectacle and keeping its apocalypse grounded in recognizable, human-scale chaos — closer in spirit to Spielberg's War of the Worlds than Roland Emmerich's city-leveling extravaganzas. Most critics found the restraint refreshing, though detractors felt the very thing fans admired — the domestic, low-key tension — drained the film of the thrills a disaster movie needs to deliver.
“Unlike the typical, effects-laden, comet-threatens-the-planet B-movie, Greenland is more in the vein of Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, with the scenes of chaos and destruction serving as the backdrop for the story of one family's desperate quest for survival—even when circumstances have ripped them apart.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“By eschewing spectacle and focusing on the human scale of a crisis, Greenland becomes the rare disaster movie that feels realistic.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“Greenland might be a B-movie at heart, but in keeping at least one toe on the ground at all times, the filmmakers craft something that punches well above its weight class”
Matthew Monagle·The Austin Chronicle
“A thriller isn't supposed to be a cakewalk; if it were, it wouldn't thrill”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Ric Roman WaughDirector
Gerard ButlerJohn Garrity
Morena BaccarinAllison Garrity
David DenmanRalph Vento
Hope DavisJudy Vento
Roger Dale FloydNathan Garrity
Scott GlennDale
Andrew BachelorColin
Merrin DungeyMajor Breen
Holt McCallanyTwin Otter Pilot
Gary WeeksEd Pruitt
Tracey BonnerPeggy Pruitt
Joshua MikelLucas
David BuckleyComposer
Chris SparlingWriter
Dana GonzalesCinematographyGreenland
John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
What critics thought
Greenland earns modest but genuine goodwill by stripping away the usual blockbuster spectacle and keeping its apocalypse grounded in recognizable, human-scale chaos — closer in spirit to Spielberg's War of the Worlds than Roland Emmerich's city-leveling extravaganzas. Most critics found the restraint refreshing, though detractors felt the very thing fans admired — the domestic, low-key tension — drained the film of the thrills a disaster movie needs to deliver.
“Unlike the typical, effects-laden, comet-threatens-the-planet B-movie, Greenland is more in the vein of Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, with the scenes of chaos and destruction serving as the backdrop for the story of one family's desperate quest for survival—even when circumstances have ripped them apart.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“By eschewing spectacle and focusing on the human scale of a crisis, Greenland becomes the rare disaster movie that feels realistic.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“Greenland might be a B-movie at heart, but in keeping at least one toe on the ground at all times, the filmmakers craft something that punches well above its weight class”
Matthew Monagle·The Austin Chronicle
“A thriller isn't supposed to be a cakewalk; if it were, it wouldn't thrill”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Ric Roman WaughDirectorGerard ButlerJohn GarrityMorena BaccarinAllison GarrityDavid DenmanRalph VentoHope DavisJudy VentoRoger Dale FloydNathan GarrityScott GlennDaleAndrew BachelorColinMerrin DungeyMajor BreenHolt McCallanyTwin Otter PilotGary WeeksEd PruittTracey BonnerPeggy PruittJoshua MikelLucasDavid BuckleyComposerChris SparlingWriterDana GonzalesCinematographyStream
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