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02/13/03
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:29
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: Though it may be short on dazzling special effects, The Search for Spock is still a strong Star Trek installment, thanks to affecting performances by its iconic cast.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In the third STAR TREK feature film, directed by Leonard Nimoy, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) has defeated the genetically created genius Khan, but Spock (Nimoy) is dead and McCoy (DeForest... [More]
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Director: Leonard Nimoy
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Reviews for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
If Wrath of Khan is the 'action' entry and Voyage Home is the 'comedy' installment, then Search for Spock is the 'drama' – and it's a damn good entry overall.
03/06/03
All the old Enterprise personnel carry the film, as it is more concerned with character re-animation than development.
09/11/01
No review available.
10/04/02
Not bad, but the series would boldly go to better places.
05/19/08
This 1984 film's few and unimpressive special effects evidently qualify it as science fiction, but the genre it really belongs to is the male weepie: there hasn't been a gooier buddy romance on the screen since Joe Buck took Ratso Rizzo to Miami.
06/04/07
Top CriticThis is a good but not great Star Trek movie, a sort of compromise between the first two.
10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
01/27/03
One of the best of the series.
05/26/06
May be the unappreciated middle child of the Trek franchise, but it's still one of better and more indispensable episodes.
02/11/06
It has the physique and will of a bold adventurer, but it's afflicted with acute brain-stem damage. Mixed in among some of Trekdom's best moments are some of the canon's sloppiest choices...
04/08/06
No review available.
08/15/02
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06/19/05
No review available.
06/19/03
The best odd-numbered Trek movie.
10/28/01
Directed by Leonard Nimoy, this episode could best be described as functional, in that the situation is interesting enough for a routine episode of the TV show.
10/28/02
Nimoy's first turn at the director's helm makes for reliable viewing, though no one will ever mistake it for one of the best.
08/13/02
No review available.
01/29/04
...a somber, mournful installment of the Star Trek franchise. And when the defining trait of your series is dullness, this isn't exactly the best strategy.
03/25/09
No review available.
11/04/04
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