Disney's most ambitious and costly production to date -- about a spaceship crew which encounters a Black Hole and a long-lost madman -- and if looks were everything, you could hardly fault it.
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02/09/06
The Black Hole (1979)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:11
Rotten:15
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: A space crew travelling the cosmos runs into a long-missing craft, manned by Dr. Hans Reinhardt (Maximilian Schell). Upon meeting Reinhardt, the astronauts discover that not only is he insane, but... [More]
Starring: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms
Director: Gary Nelson
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Reviews for The Black Hole
The problem...is that the protagonist, Schell, is nuts, and we find it difficult to root for him. The other characters are never fully developed, and so the picture becomes a triumph of style over substance.
03/09/09
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03/26/09
A weak, unfocused s-f venture; not one of Disney's shining moments.
10/05/02
No review available.
07/26/02
Disney's first PG-rated film was pioneering for its time (integrating special effects better than any film before it), but it suffers pretty badly today.
09/28/03
No review available.
02/20/04
Ranks among the very best films to come from the post-Star Wars sci-fi boom.
02/14/07
...ultimately revealed to be an underrated and surprisingly dark Disney effort.
08/19/06
Is let down by the weak script.
11/22/07
No review available.
07/04/05
Something less fun than the worst exploitation sci-fl flick thrown at us by the likes of Roger Corman.
01/01/00
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02/11/03
It cost half as much as Star Trek and looks better -- not as lavish, perhaps, but more original. The special effects are fancy, and the design even more so.
05/09/05
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05/26/06
No review available.
08/30/02
...with so many great fantasy and sci-fi films appearing in the intervening years, I doubt that too many adults are going to find the Disney flick of much interest. I didn't.
08/15/04
No review available.
05/22/04
Even as a fantasy-lovin' boy of 14, I was bored silly by this movie, and a repeat viewing just last week revealed that the film has, if anything, gotten worse over time.
09/01/04
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