Insurrection doesn't quite gain the mantle of 'Worst Star Trek Film' from Star Trek V -- but it gets a little too close for comfort.
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09/10/01
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
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Reviews Counted:62
Fresh:34
Rotten:28
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Although not terrible, the sluggishly paced Insurrection plays like an extended episode of the TV series.
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: The first of the nine STAR TREK films to feature largely computer-generated special effects and is again directed by Number One, Jonathan Frakes. While on a survey mission, Captain Picard and the... [More]
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Reviews for Star Trek: Insurrection
Top CriticThis is a good deal more than just another sci-fi movie.
08/10/05
Top CriticGenial, well-crafted tribute to the moral values Gene Roddenberry instilled in his sci-fi series, that suffers from a recurring flaw in the franchise, a lack of real threat and danger.
05/19/08
Top CriticDespite the usual strained stabs at topical social significance, Frakes maintains a brisk pace, staging the battle scenes with panache and undercutting the absurd techno gibberish with crass but leavening humour.
06/24/06
Top CriticThe extravagant makeup and special effects are actually unobtrusive because they're demanded by the pleasantly formulaic story, whose conflicts--and broad, innocuous political allegory -- justify the heartwarming resolution.
05/19/08
Most of the television episodes have been smarter.
05/26/06
Nothing more than a glorified episode.
06/14/04
In two outings as director, Jonathan Frakes has proven that he understands what makes Star Trek work on the big screen.
01/01/00
It's like one of those not-quite-favorite episodes from the series that you might enjoy watching again if it happens to air during a marathon, but it comes nowhere near achieving the best that Star Trek can do..."
05/15/09
When Star Trek starts to resemble Battlestar Galactica and Babylon 5, something is amiss.
01/01/00
An enjoyable movie, employing the basics that should endear it to most Trekkers.
01/01/00
An admirable mix of ethics, drama, humor, and outer space dogfights.
03/13/02
Lurches clumsily between drama, hammy comedy, and moral lecturing
01/01/00
Doesn't exactly boldly go where no one has gone before.
01/01/00
Trekkers will eat that stuff up; others will be looking elsewhere for something engaging, which cannot be found in the by-the-numbers story or the incredibly boring villain.
01/01/00
Like all recipes with too much of this and too little of that, this movie isn’t so much bad, as it's just weak in places.
01/01/00
Inert and unconvincing.
01/01/00
Top CriticI saw more creativity and pizzazz in the two-minute Star Wars trailer than in the 103 minutes of Star Trek: Insurrection that followed.
01/01/00
High-minded and shallow.
01/01/00
[Combines the] idealism, action-adventure, and the requisite special effects with some of the gentle humor and romance that characterized the original television series.
01/01/00
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