The long, majestic scene in which Scotty (James Doohan) takes Kirk in a shuttle toward the refurbished Enterprise is still breathtaking.
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05/26/06
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:15
Rotten:15
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 23 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, the original crew of the Starship Enterprise from the 1960s TV show is reunited in this dramatic, full-length science fiction epic. Admiral James T. Kirk (William... [More]
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins
Director: Robert Wise
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Reviews for Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek - The Motion Picture: Director's Edition is no 2001 (its obvious inspiration -- a fact that is more evident here than ever before), but it represents thought-provoking, well constructed science fiction.
01/01/00
Top CriticStar Trek-The Motion Picture is a smart sc-fi thriller whose fascinating characters and thought-provoking plot are emphasized more than special effects.
01/29/04
[It's] like attending your high-school class's 10th reunion at Caesar's Palace. Most of the faces are familiar, but the décor has little relationship to anything you've ever seen before.
05/09/05
Top CriticThe result is intriguing as far as the sci-fi genre goes, but not exactly something I'd consider to be Star Trek.
12/17/01
As an exploration of the loneliness of a unique machine consciousness, great! As an exciting SF experience, maybe not.
05/19/08
Nothing in this first Trek film moves above a glacial speed.
09/11/01
This 1979 movie adaptation of the cult TV series is blandness raised to an epic scale.
05/19/08
Top CriticAn inventive and thoughtful science fiction movie, even if it is not entirely in keeping with either the television show that preceded it or the movies that would follow it.
11/25/01
If the endless interstellar vistas of 2001: A Space Odyssey tested your patience, Star Trek: The Motion Picture will make you cry like a little star child.
03/22/09
The rule with Star Trek films is even-numbered films are good, odd-numbered are bad -- and the first film in the series is no exception.
11/02/01
So okay, perhaps the plot is somewhat substandard but the glorious special effects thrown up by director Robert Wise ... and a no doubt expert team of special effects craftsmen actually makes this one well worth seeing.
01/01/00
More of an event than a movie...more flash than content.
05/15/09
Nothing but a long day's journey into ennui.
05/03/09
Top CriticThe expensive effects (under supervision of Douglas Trumbull) are the secret of this film, and the amazing wizardry throughout would appear to justify the whopping budget.
05/19/08
Top Critica little too boring
07/05/08
Director Robert Wise has no feeling for Trek's pop insouciance, and the movie unfolds ponderously.
05/19/08
For non-addicts, the smart plot and effects go some way towards compensating for the plastic characters and costumes.
08/16/07
Ponderously long, yes; but it was and still is a true movie event.
10/15/04
You've heard the about the curse of the odd-numbered Star Trek films. It REALLY applies to this one.
05/07/03
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