Final Frontier is a warmly crafted picture only lacking a sophisticated technical and dramatic finesse the earlier features held in abundance. The film is never aggressively odious, just undernourished.
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08/26/09
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:9
Rotten:31
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: Filled with dull action sequences and an underdeveloped storyline, this fifth Trek movie is probably the worst of the series.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Stardate 8454.1: In the windswept desert of Nimbus III, the Planet of Galactic Peace, a lone settler witnesses a man materializing out of the dusty horizon, offering to share and bear the settler's... [More]
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Director: William Shatner
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Reviews for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Did it really take William Shatner in the director's chair to finally give us a decent Star Trek movie?
04/05/09
weeeeeak
07/05/08
William Shatner's inauspicious feature directing debut is a double letdown.
05/19/08
Top CriticAlthough the film's ontological approach may be intriguing, this rather dull entry fails to generate the kind of thoughtful, exciting adventure that made the Gene Roddenberry TV series so compelling.
05/19/08
The worst Star Trek movie.
05/19/08
[The] special effects, despite the hefty budget, look strictly bargain basement.
05/19/08
Top CriticProceed with caution.
05/26/06
...delivers all the pleasure of a plucked pubic hair.
04/08/06
The plot, about a quest for the Ultimate Answer, resembles something Douglas Adams would have thrown in the bin.
02/09/06
No review available.
08/28/05
No review available.
05/19/05
Shatner can be funny, but he stinks as a director.
02/04/05
Disappointing production, but always good to visit the old crew.
01/03/05
No review available.
02/22/04
No review available.
01/29/04
No review available.
01/06/04
Isn't horrible, but I'd only recommend to a diehard.
12/25/03
The only thing worse than letting William Shatner act in a movie is letting William Shatner direct one.
12/19/03
It will likely maintain its long-cemented reputation as the worst film in the series.
10/22/03
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