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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. Full Review
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
Although the new version, which stars Keanu Reeves, is likely to make audiences pine for the meta-irony of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," it's not a complete failure. Full Review
Claudia Puig
USA Today
The story, an updated version of the 1951 classic about a portentous extraterrestrial visit, feels musty and derivative, and not only because it's a remake. Full Review
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
It lacks the simple elegance and intelligence of the earlier film, and employs special effects and pointless action scenes to replace passages of dialogue. Full Review
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
What's never explained is why anyone would do such a dumb remake of Robert Wise's 1951 sci-fi classic. Full Review
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