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The Day the Earth Stood Still

2008

Scott Derrickson

Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, John Cleese ...

4.6

30,140

Sci-Fi A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth. One day renowned scientist Dr. Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) finds herself face to face with an alien called Klaatu (Keanu Reeves), who travels across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. When forces beyond Helen's control treat the extraterrestrial as a hostile and deny his request to address the world's ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[The message of the 1951 classic] is that mankind would be exterminated if we didn't stop killing one another. The message of the 2008 version is that we should have voted for Al Gore. (...) An expensive, good-looking film that is well-made by Scott Derrickson, but to no avail (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"It's not a complete failure. (...) Solemn, sober and efficient, The Day the Earth Stood Still gets the job done and moves on."	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Any movie that awards a former Monty Python cast member a Nobel Prize in anything cannot be all bad. And 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' could be worse. Its scenario and many of its scenes feel ripped off rather than freshly imagined."	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"This botched remake of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' seriously dishonors the seriously fine 1951 sci-fi landmark on which it's based"	NEG
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Keanu Reeves plays Klaatu, confining his usual two-and-a-half-note vocal range to half that (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEG

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