I’ll keep this review very short: The Day the Earth Stood Still is not only crap, it’s also boring.

Apart from a tired and old storyline (I can’t bring myself to say it’s a plot twist), the acting is mostly wooden. And I so didn’t care about any of it. Blow up the eart already. At least, then I don’t have to watch this crap.

3 redeeming features, which make it a 1 (of 10) and not a 0:

• Kathy Bates, John Cleese and Jaden Smith, who all got too little screen time [Sorry, Jennifer Connelly, but you don’t qualify this time]
• Keanu Reeves‘ interrogation [which was featured extensively in the trailer and the music video already]
• this one’s only for Men in Trees fans: Ty Olsson makes a short appearance

Summarising: Don’t watch, unless you have trouble falling asleep. And even then, I could recommend better movies.