Odd Todd

In Todd McCarthy's pan of The Day The Earth Stood Still, we get this:

So many other, potentially more exciting roads could have been taken. [....] There could have been three, four, five or more Klaatus -- one for every continent -- and the film could have intercut the fateful ramifications of differing international responses to his arrival.

This might very well have been a better film. If they'd turned it into a musical, or used the plot of The Big Sleep, it might have been better, too. But the job of the critic is to review the film at hand, not to suggest a different film would be superior.