Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (1986)

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Latest excursion is warmer, wittier, more socially relevant and truer to its TV origins than prior odysseys.

May 19, 2008 Full Review | Comments (4)

Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

I suspect the unconverted will want to be beamed up pronto.

June 6, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Pat Graham

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Kirk & Co return to present-day San Francisco to save the whales in the most enjoyable film of the series so far, also returning to the simplistic morality-play format that gave the original TV series its strength.

January 26, 2006 Full Review

Stephen Garrett

Time Out

Top Critic

Mr. Nimoy directed this Star Trek installment, and indeed he should probably direct all of them. His technical expertise leaves much to be desired. But his sincerity is unmistakable, and it counts for a lot.

May 20, 2003 Full Review

Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

This is easily the most absurd of the Star Trek stories -- and yet, oddly enough, it is also the best, the funniest and the most enjoyable in simple human terms.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

An effective and enjoyable sample of entertainment -- not good science fiction, but a lightweight piece of comic fantasy utilizing characters so familiar that they feel like old friends.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

A bit flimsy to be legitimately counted as "great" Star Trek, but aware enough of its characters and their attachments to each other and the audience that it's "fun" Star Trek.

May 23, 2013 Full Review

Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Buoyant, farcical time-travel Enterprise escapade.

December 15, 2010 Full Review

Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

...charming and easy to approach in spite of its most-vocal detractors. (Blu-ray Collection)

May 16, 2009 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...Kirk has finally reached his full lounge lizard potential (it's as if the comedy has freed him from his remaining inhibitions).

April 3, 2009 Full Review

Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

the bad guys... are really my countrymen so... still great though

July 5, 2008

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

sbs.is

The eco-themes are writ large, but are saved from smacking of cringe-worthy earnestness by the good humour of the whole endeavour.

May 19, 2008 Full Review

Film4

By far the silliest and most self-mocking of the series.

June 6, 2007 Full Review

TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's a lightweight, entertaining, relentlessly mainstream action-farce. A high old time, no question. Too bad it's such lousy Star Trek. Here's where the series 'jumped the shark' -- and found that it was a whale.

April 8, 2006 Full Review | Comments (2)

Mark Bourne

DVDJournal.com

one of the more entertaining Trek outings

November 8, 2004

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Allows the characters and relationships shine, but whales?

April 3, 2004

Willie Waffle

WaffleMovies.com

• 1. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott: Admiral, there be whales here!
  – Submitted by Dann M (15 months ago)
• 1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe.
  – Submitted by Dann M (15 months ago)
• 1. James T. Kirk: Everybody remember where we parked!
  – Submitted by sean b (16 months ago)
• 1. Gillian: Dont' tell me! You're from outer space!
  2. James T. Kirk: No I'm from Iowa, I only work in outer space.
  – Submitted by sean b (16 months ago)
• 1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: I thought you said that humpbacks only exist on Earth of the past?
  2. Mr. Spock: Yes doctor, that is exactly what I said.
  – Submitted by Blair S (16 months ago)
• 1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: What's wrong with you?
  2. Elderly Patient: Kidney dialysis...
  3. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: My god, what is this, the Dark Ages?!
  – Submitted by Blair S (16 months ago)

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