| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The Day the Earth Stood Still need not have taken its title so seriously that the plot stands still along with it." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"Keanu's most bogus journey in years." more... |
D+ |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"...soulless, overblown extravaganza..." more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...plodding..." more... |
C- |
filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
"...if you're willing to go in with an open mind and some filmmaking forgiveness, you'll find this a Day well spent." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt, |
"Super-serious but very lame remake of a sci-fi classic." more... |
D |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"One of the big problems here is that, despite much exposition, the nature of Klaatu's mission on Earth isn't at all clear." more... |
C |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"Even Klaatu looks bored and distracted, much as he did back when we knew him as Neo." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...it lacks the simple elegance and intelligence of the earlier film, and employs special effects and pointless action scenes to replace passages of dialogue." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...soulless and boring." more... |
D |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...this version fails to live up to its title." more... |
B- |
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