Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    1979

    Synopsis

    When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully stop it.

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    Cast

    • William ShatnerAdmiral James T. Kirk
    • Leonard NimoyMr. Spock
    • DeForest KelleyDr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
    • James DoohanCmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott
    • George TakeiLt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
    • Walter KoenigLt. Pavel Chekov
    • Nichelle NicholsLt. Cmdr. Uhura
    • Stephen CollinsCaptain William Decker
    • Persis KhambattaLt. Ilia / The Probe
    • Majel BarrettDr. Christine Chapel

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Variety

      Producer Gene Roddenberry and director Robert Wise have corralled an enormous technical crew, and the result is state-of-the-art screen magic.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Star Trek: The Motion Picture is probably about as good as we could have expected. It lacks the dazzling brilliance and originality of 2001 (which was an extraordinary one-of-a-kind film). But on its own terms it's a very well-made piece of work, with an interesting premise.
    • 75

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      Fans will probably spend little time debating Star Trek's intellectual depths; there are none. But the human element triumphs over the technological in a resolution that is sentimental and highly satisfying. Star Trek is a visually boggling 23rd-Century fantasy. But peel away the budget and it's as comforting as an old-fashioned fable. [8 Dec. 1979]
    • 63

      ReelViews

      Perhaps the greatest strength of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is that, despite a badly-paced middle, it boasts a strong beginning and end.
    • 50

      The New York Times

      Watching Star Trek — the Motion Picture...is 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.
    • 50

      Christian Science Monitor

      As dull as it is to watch, "Star Trek" at least possesses a measure of intellectual pizzazz: not enough to provoke thought and discussion, exactly, but more than many "Star Wars" imitators have bothered to give us. [4 Jan. 1980, p.15]
    • 50

      Newsweek

      No matter how important teamwork is on a job of industrialized entertainment like these ostensibly visionary films, the vision itself has to come from a single inspired sensibility. Despite some intriguing ideas, episodes and effects, that isn't the case with "Star Trek." [17 Dec. 1979, p.110]
    • 40

      Washington Post

      Star Trek is an essentially passive adventure movie, made more so by director Robert Wise's failure to prevent the protracted effects sequences from retarding the narrative pace. [8 Dec. 1979, p.E1]

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