Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) by Josh M — 07 Mar 2008

MST3K perfection. This movie has been out over 10 years, and I've seen it about three dozen times, and I still laugh everytime.

This review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) was written by Josh M on 07 Mar 2008.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie has generally received positive reviews.

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By Stephen Hunter (927) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 01 Sep 2014

About a third as funny as it thinks it is. Still, that's pretty funny and about twice as funny as most American comedies these days…

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It's an episode of the show and it's funny! If you've never watched MST3K, this is a good place to start…

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As much as I loved the television show, this movie is pretty much pointless. It's pretty much just an episode made with a higher budget…

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It's too bad these guys got shafted so hard by Hollywood because this could have been even more beautiful…

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In the theater, whenever Mike, Crow or Tom Servo flub a punchline or resort to a fart joke, you almost want to lean forward and shush them…

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