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Star Trek (2009)

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Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 292
Fresh: 276 | Rotten: 16

Star Trek reignites a classic franchise with action, humor, a strong story, and brilliant visuals, and will please traditional Trekkies and new fans alike.

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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 44
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 3

Star Trek reignites a classic franchise with action, humor, a strong story, and brilliant visuals, and will please traditional Trekkies and new fans alike.

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Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto assumes the role of the Federation Starfleet lieutenant and Vulcan made famous in the original series by Leonard Nimoy (who also appears in an older incarnation of his original role),

Nov 17, 2009

$257.7M

Paramount Pictures

Cast

All Critics (292) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (281) | Rotten (16) | DVD (6)

One of the most accessible and entertaining films of the year.

May 6, 2011 Full Review Source: Film.com | Comment (1)
Film.com
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The young cast is mostly callow and TV-bland and the special effects don't quite seem worth that hefty price tag, but overall this is a presentable addition to the franchise.

May 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comments (7)
Christian Science Monitor
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With Star Trek Abrams honors the show's legacy without fossilizing its best qualities. Instead, he's whisked it off to a planet where numbing nostalgia can't kill it, and where the future is still something to look forward to.

May 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comments (2)
Salon.com
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In going back to tell the Enterprise story from the beginning, Star Trek presses collective emotional buttons people didn't even know they had. At its best, the effect is like seeing life panoramically, past and future, simultaneous and magnificent.

May 8, 2009 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Star Trek goes back to the legend's roots with a boldness that brings a fatigued franchise back to life.

May 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | Comment (1)
Wall Street Journal
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You needn't know the secret handshakes or utter the Vulcan blessing "live long and prosper" to gain admission to, and enjoy, summer's first thrill ride.

May 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment
Denver Post
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Salutes the rich history of the franchise while avoiding any hint of hokey, by-the-book starch.

September 29, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile | Comment

Get ready for a new influx of fans, Trekkers.

April 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com | Comment (1)
Movies.com

Star Trek has needed this kind of face lift for years.

March 30, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
ComingSoon.net

Star Trek is a welcome return to the flippant, big-budget bonanza that exists purely for the spectacle,

March 13, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture | Comment

A franchise is reborn, at warp speed.

January 3, 2011 Full Review Source: sbs.com.au | Comment
sbs.com.au

Well, it looks like the curse is broken.

October 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix | Comment

Although given the Starship Enterprise?s keys, geek-culture maven J.J. Abrams warps the vessel like he stole it in a sleek, stylish reboot stuffed with jailbreak momentum, deft pacing, dense plotting, passionate principles and perfect casting.

October 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com | Comment
Suite101.com

J.J. Abram's Star Trek is a refreshingly entertaining space adventurer, reinvigorating a well worn out franchise while paying homage to past labours.

August 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | Comment
Matt's Movie Reviews

Not content to just make this the Spock and Kirk show, with supporting players largely reduced to broad strokes, Abrams makes it clear that he's interested in Star Trek as an ongoing, fully fleshed-out ensemble piece.

June 13, 2010 Full Review Source: DCist | Comments (2)

Somehow J.J. Abrams has managed to make Star Trek cool again, with a fresh and fast-paced, action-packed thrill ride that both new and old fans can lavishly enjoy.

April 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Fan The Fire | Comment
Fan The Fire

Thanks for the memories; let's leave it at that

January 11, 2010 Full Review Source: JWR | Comments (7)

One could melt into the luxury of the experience Mr. Abrams provides and objectively appreciate every penny spent in the budget as there is not a false or cheesy speck to be found on screen.

January 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | Comment (1)
Bangitout.com

A mindless, milling mess. Just what you would expect from somebody schooled in the Michael Bay/Jerry Bruckheimer academy of bad directing.

December 23, 2009 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Comments (57)
rec.arts.movies.reviews

This Star Trek will be exploring the cinematic universe for many years to come.

December 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | Comment (1)
Boston Phoenix

...the film will go down, and endearingly so, as the Brokeback Mountain of space operas... In all the cosmos, a fatherless human and a motherless Vulcan find in one another that which they had lost.

December 6, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinemalogue.com | Comments (2)

A splendid space saga!

November 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Sly Fox | Comment
Sly Fox

Abrams manages quite well in making $150 million look like an episode of Babylon 5. Fistfights are poorly edited, and when he wants to create excitement and tension, Abrams simply has the camera shake around a lot in close-up.

November 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Examiner.com | Comments (9)
Examiner.com

Classic franchise gets new life in rousing space adventure.

November 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media
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Audience Reviews for Star Trek

I was never a fan of the original Star Trek series or movies but this was one of the best sci-fi movies I have seen in a long time. From beginning to end JJ Abrams and crew did an amazing re-imagining of the Star Trek franchise.

June 29, 2009
jmanard52

Super Reviewer

Seeing the older Star Trek movies before this may be a good idea, but it's not necessary, as this newer version covers most of it all, but I found myself confused a tiny bit only because I had never seen the originals before I saw this one. This newer one is funny, it's got a great story, fantastic visual effects, and

January 26, 2012
Raymond Wieser

Super Reviewer

    1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Wait a minute kid, how old are you?
    2. Pavel Checkov: Seventeen, sir!
    3. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Oh good, did you hear that? He's seventeen.
    – Submitted by Blair S (29 days ago)
    1. Pavel Checkov: Move, move, move move move! I can do that! I can do that! Move, move, move, move!
    – Submitted by Emma L (33 days ago)
    1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Are you out of your Vulcan mind?!
    – Submitted by Marcelo V (34 days ago)
    1. Spock Prime: Father!
    2. Spock: I am not our father.
    – Submitted by Emma L (34 days ago)
    1. Spock Prime: Captain what are you doing?
    2. James Kirk (young): Show them companion, may be the only way to earn peace with Romulus. It's logic Spock, I thought you'd like that.
    3. Spock Prime: No not really, not this time.
    – Submitted by Emma L (34 days ago)

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