The Day the Earth Stood Still

Name: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Released: 2008-12-12
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates

PG-13
1h 44m
2008

20%

age 13+

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Keanu Reeves stars in this contemporary reinvention of the sci-fi classic that tells the story of an alien who travels across the universe to warn of an impending crisis on Earth.

Director:

Scott Derrickson

Producer:

Erwin Stoff, Gregory Goodman, Paul Harris Boardman

Writer:

David Scarpa

Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

20%

Critics Consensus: Heavy on special effects, but without a coherent story at its base, The Day the Earth Stood Still is subpar re-imagining of the 1951 science-fiction classic.

Reviews

Gone With The Twins

Mike Massie

The computer animation and picture quality is significantly cleaner and more impressive than the low-budget, man-in-a-foam-suit costuming of the 1951 classic.

November 28, 2020

FULL REVIEW

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

If you look past the fairly cool special effects you're going to see a film at war with itself.

September 5, 2020

FULL REVIEW

The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)

Matthew Lucas

Doesn't have a single practical reason for its existence.

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a great study in all the things that can go wrong with a movie. The plot's all haywire and the casting's rotten and the dialogue's stupid and the camerawork's ugly and the CGI sucks.

Poor Keanu Reeves. Imagine taking the role of an emotionless extra terrestrial, and having people applaud such ingenious casting.

August 15, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 13+

Common Sense Says

Sci-fi remake has big effects but no real power.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this drama/thriller (which is a remake of a 1950s classic that most kids probably haven't seen) has lots of urban destruction, as well as some scenes of science-fiction-style violence perpetrated against people. There's some blood and some graphic visuals, such as when a man with broken legs is healed through super-science and his broken legs are seen straightening out. There's also a notable amount of product placement, particularly for Windows and McDonald's. On a positive note, there's basically nothing in the way of swearing or sex, and the movie offers thought-provoking discussion about humanity's relationship with Earth's ecology.