These are classic directorial occasions, and Nimoy rises to them with fervor, in effect beaming his film up onto a higher pictorial plane than either of its predecessors.
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05/03/09
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
Top CriticAn emotionally satisfying science fiction adventure.
03/26/09
Top Critic...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
christopher lloyd!
07/05/08
Not bad, but the series would boldly go to better places.
05/19/08
No review available.
12/11/07
It's reasonably entertaining fare for non-fans.
06/04/07
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 CriticOne of the best of the series.
05/26/06
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
May be the unappreciated middle child of the Trek franchise, but it's still one of better and more indispensable episodes.
02/11/06
Decent SFX, but a little more action wouldn't have gone amiss.
02/09/06
No review available.
06/19/05
No review available.
11/04/04
This is a good but not great Star Trek movie, a sort of compromise between the first two.
10/23/04
Top CriticContrived but involving.
06/12/04
No review available.
04/06/04
No review available.
01/29/04
Offers a thiought-provoking treatment of the mind-body problem.
07/23/03
No review available.
07/01/03
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