Star Trek (2009)

All Critics (298) | Top Critics (49) | Fresh (286) | Rotten (16) | DVD (6)

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

May 6, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Laremy Legel

Film.com

Top Critic

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 | Comments (7)

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

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 | Comments (3)

Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

Top Critic

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

Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

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 | Comment (1)

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Top Critic

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

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Top Critic

There's going to be an entirely new generation of Trekkies to come from these films.

May 15, 2013 Full Review

Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

A welcome reinvention of this most beloved sci-fi franchise

January 6, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

The character work is consistently ace, but Star Trek 2009 doesn't offer the high-minded, underlying ideas that the show was known for.

September 30, 2012 Full Review

Stephen Carty

Flix Capacitor

... it pleases me to report that the new film from Director J.J. Abrams pulled me (a Trek newbie) in like a Romulan tractor beam.

September 29, 2012 Full Review

Adam Ross

The Aristocrat

Salutes the rich history of the franchise while avoiding any hint of hokey, by-the-book starch.

September 29, 2011 Full Review

Neil Pond

American Profile

Get ready for a new influx of fans, Trekkers.

April 4, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Dave White

Movies.com

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

March 30, 2011 Full Review

Joshua Starnes

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

Mike Edwards

What Culture

A franchise is reborn, at warp speed.

January 3, 2011 Full Review

Don Groves

sbs.com.au

Well, it looks like the curse is broken.

October 27, 2010 Full Review

Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

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

Nick Rogers

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

Matthew Pejkovic

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 | Comments (2)

Ian Buckwalter

DCist

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

Sam Bathe

Fan The Fire

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

January 11, 2010 Full Review | Comments (10)

S. James Wegg

JWR

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 | Comment (1)

Jordan Hiller

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 | Comments (74)

Louis Proyect

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• 1. Scotty: I'm giving it all she's got Captain!
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• 1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Green-blooded hobgoblin.
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• 1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Permission to speak freely, sir?
  2. Spock: I welcome it.
  3. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Do you? OK, then. Are you out of your Vulcan mind? Are you making a logical choice, sending Kirk away? Probably. But, the right one? You know, back home we have a saying: "If you're gonna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don't leave your prize stallion in the stable."
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• 1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: I suffer from aviophobia. It means fear of dying in something that flies!
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• 1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: I told you people I dont need a doctor dammit I am a doctor.
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• 1. Capt. Nero: The wait is over.
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