Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) by Matt P — 05 Sep 2007

Simply put, this is the best movie ever. Good luck finding it for less than 100 bucks, though (I have it. Love me now.).

This review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) was written by Matt P on 05 Sep 2007.

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

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

By Lucas D (206) on 23 Apr 2014

Great movie based on the greatest TV show of all time…

Read Review

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

By Hellholehorror (226) on 15 Feb 2022

Looks so much better than the TV series! This is the film treatment showing its best compared to low-budget TV. Sounds much better too…

Read Review

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

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…

Read Review

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

By Alex U (27) on 15 Sep 2012

It certainly has its moments. While they chose a not at all bad movie and some of the gags are rehashed, it's still awfully funny…

Read Review

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

By Simon D (1,648) on 11 Jul 2016

I love MST3K and this is basically an above-average episode…

Read Review

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 01 Sep 2014

In a movie theater, at least, there are other people to hear you laugh, and the film of MST3K already seems a more communal, less onanistic…

Read Review

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

By James Musgrove (2) for IGN (1,013) on 19 Dec 2014

The writers are comic geniuses, and the experience is so enjoyable that upon viewing This Island Earth's non-MST3K version, a grin will cross…

Read Review

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

By Josh S (1,500) on 10 Sep 2013

Damn, this movie was awesome. They watched This Island Earth in this one, right…

Read Review

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

By The A (145) on 06 Jul 2014

The movie that peaked my interest in this series to begin with, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie is a laugh-out-loud funny spectacle…

Read Review

Review of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

By Shawn S (942) on 02 Jun 2013

Not as funny as I remember it I but still laughed…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Maverick (1994)

By Jim S (927) on 16 May 2009

It was okay for a corney western, just a typical American fantasy flick set in the old-west…

Read Review

Review of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)

By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Feb 2001

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is an utterly depersonalized thrill machine, yet it’s exactly the film’s go-go relentlessness that is likely…

Read Review

Review of Life Stinks (1991)

By Martyn Y (4) on 09 Feb 2006

The first film in a long line of disasters for Mel Brooks…

Read Review

Review of Meet the Spartans (2008)

By Steven Hyden (18) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 22 Sep 2009

Meet The Spartans gamely alternates between unfunny gay jokes and violent pratfalls for a good 80 minutes, finding time for not one, but two…

Read Review

Review of Murder by Death (1976)

By Ralph T (16) on 01 Apr 2016

Far more groans at the bad jokes than chuckles at the good ones…

Read Review

Review of Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)

By Tim K (748) on 17 Oct 2009

More like an elongated episode then an actual movie. Still great to watch…

Read Review

Review of The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

By Wayne K (446) on 20 Apr 2018

A catastrophically ill-fated movie whose troubled production has since become cinematic folklore, The Island Of Dr…

Read Review

Review of Spice World (1997)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Jan 2000

Kim Fuller's screenplay is a rather desperate, free-for-all affair, fitfully amusing as well as groan-inducing…

Read Review

Review of Jingle All the Way (1996)

By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 05 Sep 2003

Unfunny and worse, unpleasant, Jingle All the Way is holiday cheer from the warped psyche of a Scrooge. Even the Grinch wouldn't like this one…

Read Review

Review of The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

By Gamepro3093 (33) on 10 Oct 2020

The producers of this show got together and said”Let’s drag out the legacy of this mediocre show and make another lame movie to make money!”…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews