Editing The Day the Earth Stood Still (section)

==Critical reception==
''Variety'' praised the documentary style: "the yarn is told interestingly enough and imbued with sufficient science-fiction lures and suspense so that only seldom does its moralistic wordiness get in the way{{spaces}}... Cast, although secondary to the story, works well".<ref name=hoberman/><ref>''Variety's Complete Science Fiction Reviews''. Ed. Donald Willis. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1985. p. 88-89. {{ISBN|0-8240-6263-9}}.</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' wrote: "Very good! It is by far the best of the science-fiction pictures yet produced. It holds one's interest undiminished from start to finish and, although the theme is admittedly fantastic, one is made to feel as if he is seeing a real-life occurrence because of the expert handling of the subject matter and the extremely fine special effects work."<ref>{{cite journal |date=September 8, 1951 |title='The Day the Earth Stood Still' with Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal |journal=[[Harrison's Reports]] |page= 142 }}</ref> The ''Los Angeles Times'' praised the film's seriousness, though it also found "certain subversive elements".<ref name=hoberman/> [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''The New York Times'' dismissed the film as "tepid entertainment" and described Gort as "oddly unmenacing".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/09/19/archives/the-screen-in-review-emissary-from-planet-visits-mayfair-theatre-in.html |title=THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Emissary From Planet Visits Mayfair Theatre in 'Day the Earth Stood Still' |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=September 19, 1951 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 11, 2016 }}</ref>

''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' was moderately successful when released, accruing {{US$|1,850,000}} in distributors' U.S. and Canadian rentals, making it the year's 52nd biggest earner.<ref name="Gebert">Gebert 1996, p. 156.</ref> "Rentals" refers to the distributor/studio's share of the box office gross, which, according to Gebert, is roughly half of the money generated by ticket sales.<ref name="Gebert"/>

''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' earned more plaudits in other countries: the [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] gave the filmmakers a special [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] for "promoting international understanding". [[Bernard Herrmann]]'s score also received a nomination at the Golden Globes.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/awards {{" '}}The Day the Earth Stood Still'; Award Wins and Nominations."] ''[[IMDb|IMDb.com]]''. Retrieved: February 1, 2015.</ref> The French magazine ''[[Cahiers du Cinéma]]'' was impressed, its contributor [[Pierre Kast]] called it "almost literally stunning" and praised its "moral relativism".<ref name=hoberman>[[J. Hoberman|Hoberman, J.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/movies/moviesspecial/02hobe.html "The Cold War sci-fi parable that fell to earth."] ''The New York Times'', October 31, 2008.</ref>