InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

mygerlparts Keanu was a good choice for this, but he forced the role. If you're gonna play Klaatu, you need to be calm, cool, collected and not anxious. Reeves came off as a bit too emotional, too....human. Still, it's better than that monstrosity Cruise made of 'War of the Worlds'.

docm-32304 After seeing the other reviews, it sounded like this movie would be terrible, but sometimes you just have to take a chance on making up your own mind. I love movies, especially if they see themselves for what they should be...good clean entertainment. I live in the world so I don't need to watch life as it is, nor do I need snooty artsy films. I watch movies to be entertained and if you are the same, you will find this film entertaining. I own the original movie and will not compare this one to it. It is a great stand alone sci-fi movie. I did not find the kid irritating as many reviewers commented. As a retired professional I found his character completely in line with a child who had lost his parents at that age. The only negative I found was that it ended abruptly..

masercot A lot of people don't like this film. Even I thought that casting Keanu Reeves as someone from outer space was a little redundant. But, it was on and I was bored so I started watching. And, kept watching; and, at bed time I recorded the rest.It is not the same movie as the original. That is a good thing. The original movie was great for its time; however, the old plot set in modern times would look uber-dumb. Also, I have to doubt that the authorities would've reacted so cartoonishly militaristic as they are depicted, in this day and age; but, maybe I'm an optimist.So, instead of turning off the world's power, the aliens bring metal-eating robots that threaten to devour us all. We are on the brink of destruction, as they mention once or twice. The deaths from these creatures gives the film a very different feel than the original.Bates and Cleese do well in their performances. As always, Reeves plays stunned well. If you don't expect the original and you don't question things very hard, this is not a bad movie.

roycevenuter Just as the reboot of "Cape Fear" reconfigured the entire film adaptation of John D. Macdonald's seminal novel, so does this one, starring Jennifer Connelly and Keanu Reeves creatively flesh-out the set pieces depicted in the classic 1951 rendition with Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal.It isn't merely a matter of enhanced computer generated special effects: Keanu Reeves delicately walks a thespian tightrope between terrifying godlike powers and an overriding mission dedicated to persuading an earth on a collision course with its own self perpetuating doom---to help itself before it is too late.As a matter of taste, any work of art may be alternately extolled or parodied; "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is no exception. However, as a devotee of world peace and a believer in the ability of united enlightened irenic and compassionate human beings, I was heartened by this cinematic presentation. I think that Michael Rennie and those who produced the 1951 version might also be cheered---especially in light of the Hitleresque antics of Vladimir Putin, Assad and Kim Il and others in our times. No well intentioned effort to eradicate rampant, destructive, vengeful, revanchist maniacal demagogues- is a waste of time. I believe that this 2008 envisioning of the earlier movie reaches a much wider audience, which may keep the salient themes simmering.