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Star Trek: Generations

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Star Trek: Generations (1994)

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Reviews Counted:42

Fresh:19

Rotten:23

Average Rating:5.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: A new version of the starship Enterprise is launched with Captain James T. Kirk as the guest of honor, but no longer calling the shots. But, within moments of take-off, the Enterprise receives a... A new version of the starship Enterprise is launched with Captain James T. Kirk as the guest of honor, but no longer calling the shots. But, within moments of take-off, the Enterprise receives a distress signal from two ships about to be obliterated, and Captain Kirk is asked to return to the helm. With his vast experience and expertise, he manages to save one of the ships. However, Kirk disappears in the process, and at least one of the passengers he saves is not all thankful. It seems that the rescue yanked him out of an idyllic world of perfect joy. Now he'll do anything, even kill, to return -- and it's up to Captain Jean-Luc Picard to prevent that from happening. [More]

Starring: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner

Starring: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Malcolm McDowell, James Doohan, Walter Koenig

Director: David Carson

Director: David Carson

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Reviews for Star Trek: Generations

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It's nice to see Kirk one last time.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/19/08
Channel 4 Film
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The series' dullest instalment.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
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Devoted Trekkers will have to see it to keep abreast of the ships’ logs, but Saturday night at the flicks fun-seekers are apt to concur this one only fires on stun.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
09/15/04
Angie Errigo
Angie Errigo
Empire Magazine
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The plot holes are obvious and disconcerting, the sub-plots feel tacked-on, and the characters are both thinly-drawn and badly-played.

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09/10/01
Tom Coates
Tom Coates
BBC
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No review available.

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08/19/03
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
PopcornQ

A successful entry in the series, and a darn good film on its own.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/11/03
Brant Bingamon
Brant Bingamon
Austin Chronicle

This one is fun for fans. And I guess I'm a fan.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

A rich and absorbing saga.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

No review available.

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09/24/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A superb sci-fi morality play about the vibrancies of love and work.

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08/18/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

No review available.

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03/25/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

Star Trek Generations has enough verve, imagination and familiarity to satisfy three decades' worth of Trekkers raised on several incarnations of the television skein.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/19/08
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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The meeting of Patrick Stewart's Jean Luc Picard and William Shatner's James T. Kirk is worth the price of admission or video rental: it's the clash of the titans, Shakespeare meets the Sixties.

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01/01/00
Lucy Mohl
Lucy Mohl
Film.com

Shatner is godly ( and he gets to say "Dillweed"!), but he deserved a better sendoff from Star Trek than this.

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11/28/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

This film is a triumph of style over substance.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
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No review available.

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10/15/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

Generations is predictably flabby and impenetrable in places, but it has enough pomp, spectacle and high-tech small talk to keep the franchise afloat.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Peter M. Nichols
Peter M. Nichols
New York Times
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A flawed but funky adventure involving a time warp known as the Nexus.

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01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

I could think of two dozen "Next Generation" episodes that are a lot better than this flick.

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04/17/05
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

a little stiff but still good

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07/05/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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