Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) by Alex S — 26 Aug 2012

Some interesting old school special effects, but a rather dry story line. A living computer that wants to find its creator? Meh...

This review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) was written by Alex S on 26 Aug 2012.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Haven W (150) on 28 Dec 2018

Long winded Kubrickian filler shots seem to be trying to fill the time beyond the length of an episode, and end up slowing this film to one…

Read Review

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Amybenevento (5) on 09 Dec 2022

Some viewers say that this movie is boring with its endless panning of the ship and other scenes…

Read Review

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Cole W (455) on 01 Jul 2017

Its visual effects are impressive for 1979, but its uninteresting plot and hardly no tension whatsoever make it feel like a 50 minute TV episode…

Read Review

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Afonso A (208) on 04 Jul 2018

As more of a next generation fan, I wanted to give these a watch just for fun…

Read Review

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Zerpnos (39) on 05 Mar 2017

Star Wars efsanesinden sonra ortaya çıkan Star Trek efsanesi biraz daha uzayda araştırma amaçlı bir film olarak karşımıza çıkıyor…

Read Review

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Phillie E (311) on 21 Dec 2017

A 2 hour pilot episode is what it feels like and is what it was. Never really intended to be a movie…

Read Review

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Cameron G (105) on 20 Feb 2017

Story/Screenplay (30%) - 9/30 Cinematography (30%) - 24/30 Acting/Characters (15%) - 7/15 Production/Costume Design (10%) - 9/10 Effects (Visual/Sound)…

Read Review

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Stephen S (1,614) on 09 Sep 2017

Enjoyable trek film, this is my second viewing and I enjoyed it much more this time around, my only problem with this film is the silly starfleet…

Read Review

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Garethb (32) on 11 Nov 2018

This movie gets flack as being dull and while I can understand this point of view this more sci fi than over the top action…

Read Review

Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By Neil K (178) on 18 Feb 2017

It's always painful to watch this movie…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Passengers (2016)

By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 24 Dec 2016

After a few quick nods to the profoundly unethical act at its core, the movie shrugs it off and uses it as the basis for a fairy-tale romance…

Read Review

Review of The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

By Jumpbrick (5) on 03 Feb 2016

This movie was an outright insult. The set ups simply don't make sense - and the story it is trying to tell is ridiculous beyond measure…

Read Review

Review of Masterminds (1997)

By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 02 Apr 2005

One of the silliest hostage thrillers you're ever likely to see Patrick Stewart vamp his way through…

Read Review

Review of Geostorm (2017)

By Roger1718 (11) on 20 Oct 2017

If the movie didn't took itself so seriously and had better casting it wouldn't had been that bad. However, that is not the case here…

Read Review

Review of In Like Flint (1967)

By Private U (13,627) on 23 Feb 2009

Brilliant and funny, this movie explains changes in Western society post-WWII…

Read Review

Review of It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

By Andrew C (1,943) on 01 Dec 2009

Reputedly the original Alien, It! is too silly even for the 50s. The crew of a spaceship discovers an alien passanger on board…

Read Review

Review of Time After Time (1979)

By Jay Scott (240) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 13 Dec 1982

Director Jeannot Szwarc strains hard for spectacular visual effects, though he's barely able to compose a competent close-up…

Read Review

Review of Weird Science (1985)

By Paul Attanasio (217) for Washington Post (9,851) on 03 Jan 2018

The movie is the latest in the Wouldn't it be neat if . . .? school of movies…

Read Review

Review of Thunderpants (2002)

By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Dec 2002

Farting is the equaliser of the world, as we know, but as a subject for film, farting offers many traps…

Read Review

Review of Attack from Space (1965)

By James H (4,675) on 08 Jun 2008

This Japanese sci-fi film is laughably bad…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews