The entire cast is game for the ridiculous, while Stan Winston's aliens and ILM visual effects give this the gloss of a straight-faced sci-fi spectacle. Beam on up.
Galaxy Quest (1999)
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Reviews Counted:109
Fresh:97
Rotten:12
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Intelligent and humorous satire with an excellent cast -- no previous Trekkie knowledge needed to enjoy this one.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis:
For four years, the crew of the NSEA Protector donned their uniforms and set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space--then their series was canceled. Twenty years later, the five...
For four years, the crew of the NSEA Protector donned their uniforms and set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space--then their series was canceled. Twenty years later, the five stars of the classic '70s TV series Galaxy Quest are still in costume, making appearances at science fiction conventions for their legions of die-hard fans. But some of those fans are a little more far out than the actors could ever have imagined.
A group of aliens who have mistaken intercepted television transmissions for "historical documents" arrive at a convention and whisk "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen) and his crew into space to help them in their all-too-real war against a deadly adversary. With no script, no director, and no clue about real interstellar travel, the make-believe crew of the Protector has to turn in the performances of their lives to become the heroes the aliens believe them to be.
DreamWorks' science fiction action-comedy Galaxy Quest thus brings a new twist to the time-honored predicament of the fish out of water.
Starring: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub
Starring: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Sam Rockwell, Robin Sachs, Missi Pyle
Director: Dean Parisot
Director: Dean Parisot
Screenwriter: Robert Gordon, David Howard
Producer: Mark Johnson, Charles J. Newirth, Suzann Ellis
Composer: David Newman
Reviews for Galaxy Quest
The cast is terrific. Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Tony Shalhoub are familiar faces, and look so out of their depth in the middle of all this silliness that of course we find ourselves smirking.
There are genuinely imaginative special effects which manage to be recognisably in the spirit of the cheesy originals.
A sparkling blend of sci-fi and comedy that affectionately spoofs every Star Trek cliché known to man, Romulan, or Klingon.
A cleverly written spoof-adventure that more than rises to the occasion. Not only are the jokes dead-on, but the story and characters actually work as a decent sci-fi movie, complete with superior special effects, a grisly villain and even romance.
Effects and production design are splendidly integrated into the overall enterprise, which is even more enjoyable for being so unexpected.
Star Trek fans will be thrilled with this goof on the classic '60s sci-fi series.
See it, enjoy it, and remind yourself why having fun is never a crime.
It may be a bit too violent for the very young moviegoers, but older children and parents may have a good time together watching some make-believe heroes transform themselves into the real McCoys.
Relentlessly pokes fun at the rabid fans of sci-fi geekdom and the has-been actors that they deify . . . yet gives the geeks and has-beens get a chance to become real heroes
Director Dean Parisot is willing to go more than ten seconds between gags. While this reduces the number of laughs, it substitutes quality for quantity.
It's silly and even stupid, but the sci-fi spoof Galaxy Quest is also really funny.
Recommended to people who have seen more than a few episodes of "Star Trek," and especially to those who have ever been to a Trek convention
A hilarious spoof of Trek and Trek fandom. While Galaxy Quest could have easily taken potshots at geeks, rather the film acts as more of a celebration of these sometimes misguided devotees.
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