Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

George Lang Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Robert Wise’s landmark 1951 sci-fi fable, “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” still plays as a terse warning to Earth’s inhabitants, even if GORT the robot looks a little creaky these days. Now, Scott Derrickson’s adrenalized remake offers a sleek, computer-generated GORT, nanotech insects and environmental catastrophe subbing for nuclear annihilation. But beyond the galactic bells and whistles, this new “The Day the Earth Stood Still” feels frustratingly inert.

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