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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
Despite 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.
Top CriticInsurrection doesn't quite gain the mantle of 'Worst Star Trek Film' from Star Trek V -- but it gets a little too close for comfort.
Top CriticThis is a good deal more than just another sci-fi movie.
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.
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Top CriticIf Merchant-Ivory produced a 'Star Trek' film, this would be it.
Lurches clumsily between drama, hammy comedy, and moral lecturing
a sad passing for a once-pioneering series
You can only play a piano so many times before it finally goes out of tune.
Another extended episode played out with a decided lack of conviction, with nothing ever really at stake, and lazy humor that's aimed strictly at the disciples.
They probably should have completely thrown the script out. That way, they could have come up with a story that at least had a sign of intelligence and freshness.
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Doesn't exactly boldly go where no one has gone before.
I saw more creativity and pizzazz in the two-minute Star Wars trailer than in the 103 minutes of Star Trek: Insurrection that followed.
The plot just leaves too many questions unanswered in the end.
Most of the television episodes have been smarter.
It's back to boring basics for the Gene Roddenberry franchise.
More of the the same-old -same-old.
Star Trek: Insurrection isn't painful to sit through, but it adds nothing to the Star Trek mythos, and overall is a complete waste of time.
A muddled, gimpy mess, filled with the worst sort of Trek cliches and ill-timed humorous outbursts. On top of that, the film might as well have been edited by Mr. Scott in the midst of a Romulan ale bender.
May 05, 2009:
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January 11, 2007:
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