This movie brings an entirely new definition to "appalling drivel from the pits of the netherworld of your choice." It wasn't merely that the script was apparently written by Al Gore's retarded twin brother or that the special effects were special in the same sense that Al Gore's twin brother is. Nor was it that Keanu Reeves acted like an android with the IQ of his character in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Nor was it that the rest of the third-rate cast members, even "cute black kid who has lost both his parents and is being raised by his white step mother," clearly never attended acting school, (it is doubtful that any of the cast made it through elementary school). What made this movie a total toilet clogger was that even Kathy Bates stunk!Imagine Jimmy Stewart playing a stripper in a gay bar and you'll get an idea of how I felt about this performance by the Kathster. I don't know what it was but when Kathy Bates sucks, it's time for Hollywood to pack up and go home

This is a grade one special effects remake of the origonal film and was a half slurpy film (Meaning I only drank half my slurpy due to it being so good). Keanu Reeves is fast becoming typecast as a special effects actor, not a bad thing but as he can hold your attention in front of a green screen and this does nothing to persuade you he isnt the perfect man for the job. Some of the script was a bit too see through but if you want a good remake then you get the downside as much as the upside. I would recommend this movie without reservation and it will be a good classic in years to come..perhaps even the ever rarer remake that could justify a sequel. Grade: B+

Despite the excellent special effects and geek-tastic casting choice of Keanu as the alien Clatu, I'm afraid this movie has nothing to offer. The entire plot of the original, if you recall, fellow sci-fi buffs out there, was that the aliens believed humans would threaten the intergalactic politics of their association. Clatu stopped the destruction of humanity but left the robot behind, in order to prevent humanity from leaving the planetary surface, and thus become a nuisance. However, THIS Clatu was sent to preserve all life on earth BESIDE humans, under the preposterous assertion that there "are only a few planets that can support life". What? You have nanotech, can repair biology, bring dead bodies back to life, deconstruct organisms and recombine them into arbitrary shapes and you say that you need INCUBATORS???? WTF? Go terraform another world, you lazy half-assed space-police! Next time, do more research before you destroy a planet. Listen to Bach on Itunes in advance.

So I was excited to see the film but was disapointed by the dull and poor acting, Mr. Reeves must have taken a pill, with all due respect to Will Smith, your son did not come through but to be fair he did not have much to work with, and this "save the planet" script...give me an F'n break. I wanted to walk out about 30 mins into the film but my wife wanted to give it a chance, afterwards she agreed we should have walked out. Do not waste your hard earned money on this refuse pile of a movie. If you must see this one, please rent it. * I'd had rather pay someone to kick me in the pants then see this movie....in fact I wish I had on Friday night...it would have been alot less painfull.

When there is a movie so well known...that is truely a classic production it was stupiid. The re-write deleted the impact of the 'Cold War" era film. The feeling of the new production is confused and lacking in impact and direction. The onscreen characterizations were uninspired and the acting was wrong for Keanu Reeves who is was probably not the best choice. The importance of the original story line is completely lost and the idiot writer minimized the characters and just was not engrossing at all. Badly re-written, poorly shot and the special effects featuring the Police Robot Gort were minimized. Please keep this writer and director from ever touching a science fiction genre movie...he or she are not qualitfied. Perhaps JOE JOHNSON, STEPHEN SOMMERS, ROBERT ZEMMECKIS, WOLFGANG PETERSEN or JOHN MCTIERNAN would have all been better to bring this re-make to fruition in style and energy. THIS MOVIE IS THE WORST DISAPPOINTMENT FOR 2009.