absolutely terrible... a vanity project for William Shatner
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10/11/03
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
No review available.
09/30/03
A science fiction thriller with the moral message that we should look for God within the human heart and appreciate the moral dimensions of friendship
07/19/03
Captain Kirk and his crew go where too many film makers have too often gone before.
05/20/03
No review available.
03/19/03
The worst movie of the franchise. Even God couldn't save it. An embarrassment to the series.
02/14/03
No review available.
02/06/03
No review available.
12/11/02
Only the most fanatical Trekkies would find this dismal entry palatable.
07/27/02
It's amazing an entire studio would bend over to make William Shatner's ego trip.
07/26/02
No review available.
07/25/02
There is no doubt about it – Star Trek V is a bad movie.
10/28/01
As 1979's The Motion Picture courted derision for its cerebral 2001 approach, The Final Frontier damages it's own cause with a high-brow 'Man's Search for God' story.
09/11/01
Bloated, bombastic and maddeningly pretentious.
05/12/01
Top CriticSuffice it to say, if you're a Star Trek fan, you won't be disappointed in this latest entry. If you're not, consider yourself warned.
01/01/00
The whole point of the movie has something to do with the search for God and Eden, but the theme is presented in the most mundane fashion imaginable.
01/01/00
Top CriticProbably the worst film in the series.
01/01/00
I liked what it seemed to me the film had said.
01/01/00
A snoozola of astronomic proportions.
01/01/00
Top CriticOf all of the Star Trek movies, this is the worst.
01/01/00
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