the film is loaded with eye candy; The elements are there for gritty popcorn cinema. But the narrative is torpedoed by sappy melodrama and contrived plot twists. "Greenland" settles for mediocrity when it could have been far more engaging
the action is impressive both on the ground and in the background; It's as loud as a Michael Bay movie, but one that's actually watchable and somewhat reflective of society's behavior when disaster strikes
good performances, especially from Morena Baccarin, give the story emotional resonance; "Greenland" isn't so much about the world ending as it is about how the characters respond to the world ending. On that count, the film is genuinely nerve-wracking
as a thriller, Greenland absolutely delivers the tension and thrills, with huge visual effects and plenty of intense, dangerous spots that forgo the usual cheesiness of disaster movies
an unassumingly effective apocalypse; Delivering the apocalypse on a budget, the disaster film "Greenland" dramatises the end of the world with no-nonsense efficiency; A muscular, barebones survival story that even makes room for some genuine emotion
a gritty doomsday flick that's mostly down-to-earth; the gritty verisimilitude that the star and director Ric Roman Waugh bring to the table goes a long way in making this B-level blockbuster a timely and guilty pleasure
"Greenland", while well-staged as an end-of-days spectacle by director Ric Roman Waugh, is a "heartwarming" family thriller that's mostly two hours of frantically unexciting logistics
"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
"Greenland" isn't some self-insistently timely movie and it probably isn’t the movie we "need" right now. But it’s the movie we have, and its honest to goodness but unintended genre resonance makes it easy to embrace
"Greenland" is a slow-burning, mature and nuanced take on a life-altering and destructive fictional event that is all too familiar in today's time. It's as grounded as it is gritty, leaving you emotionally heavy and cinematically satisfied
"Greenland" is a raw, tension-filled disaster film that showcases both the noble and dark sides of human nature, when everyone knows the end of the world is near