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Star Trek Generations (1994)

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Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 10
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The seventh Star Trek feature passed the torch to a new crew. Decades after the original "Trek," the skipper of the fourth USS Enterprise is Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), who investigates a massacre at a science outpost. The only survivor is Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowall), who perpetrated the event to cover up his invention: a bomb he launches into a nearby sun, exploding it. As Soran escapes with Klingon cronies, Picard learns that Soran's plan is to summon a heavenly energy ribbon called

Nov 17, 1998

Paramount Pictures

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All Critics (46) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (26) | DVD (31)

Star Trek Generations has enough verve, imagination and familiarity to satisfy three decades' worth of Trekkers raised on several incarnations of the television skein.

May 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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At least the special effects and outer space vistas are more handsome than usual.

May 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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Generations is predictably flabby and impenetrable in places, but it has enough pomp, spectacle and high-tech small talk to keep the franchise afloat.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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A rich and absorbing saga.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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Mostly, Generations spends its running length searching for, and never completely finding, its niche.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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A flawed but funky adventure involving a time warp known as the Nexus.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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From the opening shot of a champagne bottle floating in space to the pulsating ribbon of an engulfing Nexus, the film's images dazzled me.

January 29, 2012 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Comment
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Doesn't work as a goodbye to Kirk or as a hello to Picard.

July 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | Comment
Three Movie Buffs

...seems to drag on for at least a half an hour longer than it needs to. (Blu-ray Edition)

September 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Star Trek: Generations suffers from the feeling that it is only a bigger budgeted episode of the television show, one that fails to use the full potential of the cinematic medium.

May 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | Comment
Cinefantastique

The seventh Trek extravaganza emerges as a disappointment, slightly better than the inept Star Trek V but markedly inferior to Parts II and VI.

May 3, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

I had hoped Generations would rescue Star Trek from its pervasive dullness, but somehow things have gotten even more boring

April 9, 2009 Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | Comment
LarsenOnFilm

Old/new Starfleet heroes warpspeed a lukewarm plot.

February 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

a little stiff but still good

July 5, 2008 Comment

It's nice to see Kirk one last time.

May 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

The series' dullest instalment.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Star Trek Generations

A two part TNG episode that never fully takes advantage of it's film medium. The acting is overall decent and the visuals are entertaining to look at. However, the movie is plague by episodic writing, questionable character motivations, and a nonsensical plot device(The Nexis). The movie is meant to pass the torch

November 22, 2011
Christopher Heim

Super Reviewer

The first Next Generation film is unfortunately a big mess that uses a confusing plot device to bid a ridiculous adieu to Captain Kirk while giving space to the uncharismatic crew of Captain Picard in the Star Trek movies - and not even the unnecessary subplot makes it worth seeing.

April 9, 2010
blacksheepboy

Super Reviewer

    1. James T. Kirk: First, move us into transporter range.
    2. Capt. Harriman: But the gravometric distortions, they'll tear us apart!
    3. James T. Kirk: Risk is part of the game, if you want to sit in that chair... Second, turn that damn thing off!
    – Submitted by Blair S (36 days ago)

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