Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates
Renowned scientist Dr. Helen Benson finds herself face to face with an alien called Klaatu, who travels across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. When forces beyond Helen's control tr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 7, 2009
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Stats: 26,568 reviews
Flixster Reviews (26,568)
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October 29, 2009I'm a big fan of sci-fi films, but this remake is pretty bad. The plot is sloppy, the acting is bad, and it really just didn't make much sense. The whole film seemed absolutely pointless. I love end of the world scenarios, but this was just crap. However, the graphics were mi...( read more)
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October 8, 2009Don't know about the earth standing still but it felt like time did watching this. For gods sake Keanu, get some acting lessons!
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October 3, 2009A potentially great story about alien contact was really let down by the plot more than anything. I have seen the original and while that would be regarded as well ahead of it's time made in 1951 this will shortly be forgotten. This has the big budget modern effects otherwise the...( read more)
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October 2, 2009The original film was pretty good but was ready for a remake. This doesn?t do it justice. I suppose Keanu Reeves was well cast considering he is playing an emotionless alien but the rest of the cast (Apart from Cleeses?s brief cameo) are rubbish. Jaden Smith in particular was inc...( read more)
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September 29, 2009"I need to know what's happening?
- This planet is dying. The human race is killing it."
I call myself a movie fan but there's one thing (many, in fact) that I'm embarrassed about.. I haven't seen the 50's classic of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'. Before writing this review, I...( read more) -
November 22, 2009Very good movie. I like it much better than the original which is rare.
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November 9, 2009the plot was sloppy and it forgot the climax! Jaden Smith was annoying as hell. The best thing was getting to stare at Jennifer Connelly for sure.
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Critic Reviews
December 17, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
December 15, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The remake of that fine old fifties alien-invasion picture The Day the Earth Stood Still comes to a standstill about an hour before the Earth does in the wilds of New Jersey. full review
December 12, 2008
Kurt Loder, MTV
A boldly mediocre remake of the 1951 sci-fi saucer-man movie. full review
December 12, 2008
Mike McGranaghan, The Aisle Seat
I'll give it credit for being at least moderately entertaining, with a handful of effective moments of adventure and suspense. At the same time, it's really quite a shame that the film wimped out on d... full review
December 12, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Where the original film was unpretentious, this version, with Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, is insufferably full of itself, an X-Files episode pumped up to pseudo-cosmic proportions. full review
December 12, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
A good portion of this sci-fi disaster movie is unintentionally comical. And the parts that aren't funny are just plain dull. full review
December 12, 2008
Wade Major, Boxoffice Magazine
Unfortunately, it's the demise of even passable screen storytelling, rather than the earth itself, to which audiences will be treated in this dreadful remake. full review
December 12, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Neither offensively bad nor particularly good, The Day the Earth Stood Still may be best remembered for the clumsiness of its intrusive product placement. full review
December 12, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The new Day the Earth Stood Still lacks the courage of its own eco-pessimism, and the final scenes play like a rushed, embarrassed concession to our need for happy endings, no matter how far-fetched. full review
December 12, 2008
Michael Sragow, The Baltimore Sun
What shatters your hope for a new classic is the movie's descent into semicoherent spectacle. full review
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May 12, 2009Interesting movie, although this isn't my favourite subject. Good acting, but the end was a bit strange, like the humanity changed in the one second Helen and her stepson Jacob were hugging.
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December 16, 2008It's kinda cool to see those CG scenes and that robot thing but exactly I expected to see more action and fights in this kinda movie but it served more peace
And I agree about that kid, so fuckin much, I love Will Smith but goddamnit his son drove me nuts in this movie and if I were Keenu I would vanish him first....I think that's another way to make the earth better. -
December 13, 2008it was pretty good. If they were going for someone like keanu to play Klaatu then they picked the perfect person. I haven't seen the first oneso I don't know if Klaatu's suppose to be totaly emotionless. Jennifer Connely and Jaden Smith were great! I really liked it. A great message.
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December 9, 2008
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