Disney's most ambitious and costly production to date -- about a spaceship crew which encounters a Black Hole and a long-lost madman -- and if looks were everything, you could hardly fault it.
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02/09/06
The Black Hole (1979)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:11
Rotten:15
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: A space crew travelling the cosmos runs into a long-missing craft, manned by Dr. Hans Reinhardt (Maximilian Schell). Upon meeting Reinhardt, the astronauts discover that not only is he insane, but... [More]
Starring: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms
Director: Gary Nelson
Reviews for The Black Hole
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03/26/09
Top CriticIt is good to see the Disney craftsmen doing what they do best on such a grand and risky scale. If one has time for only one space opera this season, this is the one to choose.
03/09/09
Top CriticThe problem...is that the protagonist, Schell, is nuts, and we find it difficult to root for him. The other characters are never fully developed, and so the picture becomes a triumph of style over substance.
03/09/09
Top CriticIs let down by the weak script.
11/22/07
The science of this fiction is as hokey as the drama, but the imaginative art design and excellent special effects are magnificent.
10/13/07
An elegant, if stubbornly unexciting, popcorn-muncher that flips into a chin-scratcher, with a crew of mostly bland heroes.
07/23/07
Ranks among the very best films to come from the post-Star Wars sci-fi boom.
02/14/07
...ultimately revealed to be an underrated and surprisingly dark Disney effort.
08/19/06
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05/26/06
No review available.
07/04/05
For-its-time state of the art effects help flat story and acting.
06/02/05
No review available.
05/09/05
It cost half as much as Star Trek and looks better -- not as lavish, perhaps, but more original. The special effects are fancy, and the design even more so.
05/09/05
Top CriticTakes us all the way to the rim of space only to bog us down in a talky melodrama whipped up out of mad scientists and haunted houses.
10/23/04
Top CriticEven as a fantasy-lovin' boy of 14, I was bored silly by this movie, and a repeat viewing just last week revealed that the film has, if anything, gotten worse over time.
09/01/04
...with so many great fantasy and sci-fi films appearing in the intervening years, I doubt that too many adults are going to find the Disney flick of much interest. I didn't.
08/15/04
No review available.
05/22/04
No review available.
02/20/04
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