The Day the Earth Stood Still fingerprintStrong craft, striking style, no humor.
Tense
Nostalgic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Society, the future, and technology
Standout direction
Standout score
Tense
The Day the Earth Stood Still is tense.
Nostalgic
Emotionally, it's nostalgic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Society, the future, and technology
Its world is built around society, the future, and technology.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still is included with a subscription to Philo, FXNow, and Cultpix in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla. 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.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 83/100 (IMDb 7.7, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, and Metacritic 83). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated G in the United States.
1 h 32 min
The Day the Earth Stood Still runs 1 h 32 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Day the Earth Stood Still higher (88) than audiences (80). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $995,000 to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 1.9 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some German, French, Hindi, Russian. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 72 storytelling tropes for The Day the Earth Stood Still, including Humans Are Morons, I Come in Peace, Hide Your Otherness.
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