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Lost in Space (1998)

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 6

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This $90 million science fiction adventure is adapted from the television series, created by Irwin Allen, which originally ran on CBS from 1965 to 1968. The original series employed a Swiss Family Robinson in outer space premise; sent to colonize a planet in the Alpha Centauri system, the Robinson family was thrown off course by a stowaway and was left wandering from planet to planet (and changing along the way from a black-and-white series to a color series). The 1998 remake is set in the year

Oct 6, 1998

New Line Home Entertainment

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All Critics (70) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (36) | DVD (21)

Strictly for fans of the TV show or sci-fi buffs.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

...the motion picture tries hard to recapture that former tone, and, yes, even retains the same lines.

September 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

The casting splits you down the middle -- you don't know whether to be grateful that you at least have good actors to watch, or to regret that they're given nothing to do.

August 13, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

It's a special-effects bonanza with space battles, spider aliens and virtual reality sequences, but this remake of the popular 1960s TV series seriously lacks humor.

June 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | Comment

The acting is generally average, but Stephen Hopkins's directing is virtually non-present.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | Comment
Film Quips Online

It's still not a good movie, but it's a good-sounding one. (Blu-ray Edition)

April 21, 2002 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis
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Audience Reviews for Lost in Space

Hey you remember Matt LeBlanc? he was in 'Friends' for virtually the entire of the 90's and just like Jennifer Aniston he simply can't shake his 'Friends' persona, yes...him -_-So this is an adaptation of the rather lame US TV series of the same name which always kinda seemed like a rip off of 'Star Trek' with kids.

April 24, 2012
phubbs1

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Lost in Space is a fairly decent film. I first saw it when it was originally released, and I expected to hate it. However, I was surprised. The cast are good here, and they are good to watch on-screen. Though the film is not perfect, Lost in Space is a decent, entertaining film that will appeal to anyone looking for a

December 31, 2011
TheDudeLebowski65
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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