Review of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) by Maineutral R — 24 Jan 2014
Instead of an action-packed space adventure movie set in the future, we have something almost completely opposite here: it's not action, but comedy, the adventure is not in space, is on earth, and set in the present (of 1986 that is). It doesn't seem Star Trek at all, but to huge surprise, IT FREAKING WORKS!!
The Voyage Home is a sweet comedy, character driven, which for Star Trek is good thanks to the enjoyable and literally timeless characters. Spock himself returns to direct and he does an even better job than in The Search for Spock, his first Star Trek movie in the directional department. Special effects are getting old, but the use of them here is not much, thanks to the setting. The music changes composer but we still get a wonderful score to follow the story-telling. It's an emotional comedy, but never gets too cheesy or too serious; it keeps itself at the proper level of both the level of the setting and the level of Star Trek comedy. Thank God it wasn't a slapstick comedy or else...
The Voyage Home is highly recommendable and watchable: it does deliver its message and easily please all fans and movie-goers alike. One of the best Star Trek movies.
This review of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) was written by Maineutral R on 24 Jan 2014.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home has generally received positive reviews.
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