The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

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20th Century Fox's 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' - 20th Century Fox

Studio: 20th Century Fox Studio: 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Dec 12, 2008

Running Time: 103 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Jaden Smith, Mousa Kraish, John Cleese, Alisen Down, Lorena Gale, Juan Riedinger

director: Scott Derrickson

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Jacob Benson (Jaden Smith) and Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) - "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008)

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 treat the extraterrestrial as a hostile and deny his request to address the world’s leaders, she and her estranged stepson Jacob quickly discover the deadly ramifications of Klaatu’s claim that he is “a friend to the Earth.” Now Helen must find a way to convince the entity who was sent to destroy us that mankind is worth saving--but it may be too late. The process has begun.

PETER TRAVERS - January 22, 2009

Keanu Reeves, sporting even less than one expression, plays an alien who rockets to Earth to kick our ass for global warming. That something so bad can score so heavily at the box office scares me more than anything in this gasbag remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic.

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The Day the Earth Stood Still is a totally uninvolving, completely unnecessary remake -- an idea that should have just stayed in the vault.

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While the original 1950s sci-fi cult classic pointed to the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war in a timely manner, this The Day the Earth Stood Still is just a rehash. Do we really need Keanu Reeves to tell us how we've messed up the planet? In any case, he plays Klaatu, an alien being inside a human body who comes to Earth in a giant sphere to…

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Helen Benson

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