The Day the Earth Stood Still fingerprintHigh energy, light on feelings.
Spectacular and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Technology, the future, and society
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Spectacular and tense
Fast from start to finish.
The Day the Earth Stood Still is spectacular, tense, and fast-paced.
Melancholic
Emotionally, it's melancholic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Technology, the future, and society
Its world is built around technology, the future, and society.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still is included with a subscription to Hulu, fuboTV, Philo, and YouTube TV in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 39/100 (IMDb 5.5, Rotten Tomatoes 21%, and Metacritic 40). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 44 min
The Day the Earth Stood Still runs 1 h 44 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate The Day the Earth Stood Still higher (44) than critics (31). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes. It cost about $80 million to make and earned $233 million worldwide, 2.9 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Chinese. Produced in Canada, United States.
+73GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Day the Earth Stood Still in 87 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 61 storytelling tropes for The Day the Earth Stood Still, including Blue-and-Orange Morality, Fantastically Challenging Patient, No Conservation of Energy.
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