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"The Day the Earth Stood Still"

This supremely lame update of the sci-fi classic, starring Keanu Reeves, is assembled out of bits of every movie where an unknown whatzit threatens our way of life.
By Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Thursday, December 11, 2008 08:45 PM

    "supremely lame update"

    Not that I expected anything else.

    P.S. to chandalar: Speaking of smarmy ...

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