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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

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Reviews Counted:37

Fresh:31

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.8/10

Consensus: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is perhaps the lightest and most purely enjoyable entry of the long-running series, emphasizing the eccentricities of the Enterprise's crew.

Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: While back on Earth, standing trial for their hijacking of the starship Enterprise (see STAR TREK III), Kirk and his crew are thrust into a new adventure. A space probe threatens to destroy the... While back on Earth, standing trial for their hijacking of the starship Enterprise (see STAR TREK III), Kirk and his crew are thrust into a new adventure. A space probe threatens to destroy the planet if it is not allowed to continue its longstanding communications with a certain species of Earth mammal -- humpback whales. Unfortunately, there is an obstacle to their simple demand; the whales are extinct in the 23rd Century. So Kirk, Spock and the gang travel back in time to San Fransisco, circa 1986, where they battle culture shock, as well as the clock, while trying to corral a few friendly whales to bring back to the future. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Cinematography, Best Original Score. [More]

Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Catherine Hicks

Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Catherine Hicks, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols

Director: Leonard Nimoy

Director: Leonard Nimoy

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Release:

Sep 22, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, French, Spanish
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...Kirk has finally reached his full lounge lizard potential (it's as if the comedy has freed him from his remaining inhibitions).

Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | comment Comment
04/03/09
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm

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

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07/05/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
05/19/08
Film4

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

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 2 Comments
05/19/08
Variety Staff
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No review available.

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12/11/07
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
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By far the silliest and most self-mocking of the series.

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06/06/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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06/06/07
Pat Graham
Pat Graham
Chicago Reader
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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.

Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com | comment 2 Comments
04/08/06
Mark Bourne
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

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.

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01/26/06
Stephen Garrett
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Time Out

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06/26/05
Emanuel Levy
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03/08/05
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

No review available.

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12/07/04
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

one of the more entertaining Trek outings

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11/08/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

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06/30/04
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Allows the characters and relationships shine, but whales?

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04/03/04
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

No review available.

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01/30/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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01/06/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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10/10/03
Rebecca Murray
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

The best until First Contact...

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07/03/03
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
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