Not bad, but the series would boldly go to better places.
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05/19/08
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
77 %
Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 27 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Consensus:
Though it may be short on dazzling special effects, The Search for Spock is still a strong Star Trek installment, thanks to affecting performances by its iconic cast.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis: In the third STAR TREK feature film, directed by Leonard Nimoy, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) has defeated the genetically created genius Khan, but Spock (Nimoy) is dead and McCoy (DeForest Kelley) is suffering from a strange mental aberration. Defying Starfleet orders, Kirk takes the... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei
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All the old Enterprise personnel carry the film, as it is more concerned with character re-animation than development.
09/11/01
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This 1984 film's few and unimpressive special effects evidently qualify it as science fiction, but the genre it really belongs to is the male weepie: there hasn't been a gooier buddy romance on the screen since Joe Buck took Ratso Rizzo to Miami.
06/04/07
It has the physique and will of a bold adventurer, but it's afflicted with acute brain-stem damage. Mixed in among some of Trekdom's best moments are some of the canon's sloppiest choices...
04/08/06
May be the unappreciated middle child of the Trek franchise, but it's still one of better and more indispensable episodes.
02/11/06
This is a good but not great Star Trek movie, a sort of compromise between the first two.
10/23/04
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The humanity of the Star Trek series, unexpected as it is in a sci-fi setting, remains the series' best feature.
05/20/03
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