Movie Review for Galaxy Quest

Summary: They're not astronauts... they only played them on TV. For four seasons, from 1979 to 1982, the crew of the NSEA Protector donned their uniforms and set out on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space--then their series was canceled. Nearly twenty years later, the five stars of the classic sci-fi series "Galaxy Quest" are still in costume, making appearances at science fiction conventions for legions of faithful fans...but some of those fans have a little too much faith. The Thermians, a race of aliens from Klatu Nebula, have mistaken intercepted television transmissions of the show for historical "documents." Arriving on earth, they wisk "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" and his crew into space to help them defeat an all-too-real and very deadly adversary. With no script, no director and no clue about real space travel, the actors have to turn in the performances of their lives to become the heroes the Thermians believe them to be.

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Carlo Cavagna of AboutFilm.com (7/0)
            Recommended to people who have seen more than a few episodes of "Star Trek," and especially to th...

By Brian Webster of Apollo Guide (7/0)
            Director Dean Parisot is willing to go more than ten seconds between gags. While this reduces the...

By Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle (7/0)
            Frequently riotously funny stuff, playful, silly, and fun. And all without Styrofoam boulders, to...

By Neil Smith of BBC (7/0)
            A sparkling blend of sci-fi and comedy that affectionately spoofs every Star Trek cliché known to...

By Margaret A. McGurk of Cincinnati Enquirer (7/0)
            An irresistibly silly, fluffy, giddy bit of fun.

By David Keyes of Cinemaphile.org (7/0)
            It has fun with the characters, the dilemmas, the imagery, and source of inspiration. Without gen...

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Cornell & Petricelli of CinemaSense.Com (7/0)
            Surprisingly funny, even heartwarming.

By Harvey S. Karten of Compuserve (7/0)
            An congenial, occasionally laugh -out- loud satire that has a broad affection for its target.

By Scott Von Doviak of culturevulture.net (7/0)
            An agreeable time-killer of a movie.

By Steven D. Greydanus of Decent Films Guide (7/0)
            Meet the Thermians: the biggest science-fiction nerds of all time.

By Brian Mckay of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
            Relentlessly pokes fun at the rabid fans of sci-fi geekdom and the has-been actors that they deif...

By Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
            Sly, good-natured and fun, despite the presence of Tim Allen.

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Angie Errigo of Empire Magazine (7/0)
            The entire cast is game for the ridiculous, while Stan Winston's aliens and ILM visual effects gi...

By Eric D. Snider of EricDSnider.com (7/0)
            With dry, understated wit and an attitude that is giddy without being sophomoric, Galaxy Quest su...

By Eugene Novikov of Film Blather (7/0)
            An affectionate, riotously funny parody that freely takes jabs at various elements of its subject...

By Thom Bennett of Film Journal International (7/0)
            When the movie works, it works well. However, Galaxy Quest treads dangerously close to becoming a...

By John R. McEwen of Film Quips Online (7/0)
            Even if you've never seen a Gene Roddenberry creation, it's still a hoot.

By Chris Gore of Film Threat (7/0)
            A hilarious spoof of Trek and Trek fandom. While Galaxy Quest could have easily taken potshots at...

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Christopher Null of filmcritic.com (7/0)
            Entertaining and enjoyable.

By Ross Anthony of Hollywood Report Card (7/0)
            Focusing on fun, the direction of this film steers like a spaceship through a mine field, dodging...

By Jeff Millar of Houston Chronicle (7/0)
            The film's warm-fuzzies are formulaic and not at all genuine. The humor, though, is clever and ke...

By Gary Brown of Houston Community Newspapers (7/0)
            A laugh-filled, good-hearted spoof.

By Steve Rhodes of Internet Reviews (7/0)
            The movie is a delightful and imaginative parody of Star Trek.

By Bruce Kirkland of Jam! Movies (7/0)
            It's silly and even stupid, but the sci-fi spoof Galaxy Quest is also really funny.

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By JoBlo of JoBlo's Movie Emporium (7/0)
            This movie really is for the whole family. It's funny, it has some really cool creatures and spec...

By James Sanford of Kalamazoo Gazette (7/0)
            More frequently than not, however, the screenplay by David Howard and Robert Gordon opts for safe...

By Robert Roten of Laramie Movie Scope (7/0)
            A very funny science fiction and Trekkie spoof.

By Kevin Thomas of Los Angeles Times (7/0)
            Fast, light and funny, Galaxy Quest has a wide, generation - spanning appeal -- and you don't hav...

By Marty Mapes of Movie Habit (7/0)
            It’s as bad as you would imagine, and yet it’s as good as it could possibly be.

By Jorge Avila Andrade of Moviola (7/0)
            Divertida cinta que van a disfrutar los fanáticos de la ciencia-ficción… y lo que no lo son tambi...

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Peter Rainer of New York Magazine (7/0)
            The drolleries take precedence over the special effects.

By Elias Savada of Nitrate Online (7/0)
            A wildly entertaining sci-fi comedy, a perfect cup of interstellar action-adventure eggnog to com...

By Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (7/0)
            The idea of actors being mistaken for their roles was used in "The Three Amigos," but "Galaxy Que...

By Edward Johnson-Ott of NUVO Newsweekly (7/0)
            Imaginative special effects and appealing performances.

By Cynthia Fuchs of Philadelphia City Paper (7/0)
            As long as the cast is confronting bad dialogue memories, rock-monsters and beam-me-up malfunctio...

By Jon Popick of Planet Sick-Boy (7/0)
            Sometimes the lamest ideas translate into the funniest films, and Galaxy Quest is a perfect examp...

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Jonathan Beller of PopMatters (7/0)
            A riotous good time in the theater.

By Mike Ward of PopMatters (7/0)
            It's a pretty funny movie, and thinking about all this too much while seeing it will just ruin al...

By James Kendrick of Q Network Film Desk (7/0)
            A one-joke movie that makes such good use of its one joke that it almost demands a kind of grudgi...

By Bob Bloom of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            It may be a bit too violent for the very young moviegoers, but older children and parents may hav...

By Mark R. Leeper of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            It is impressive that director Dean Parisot kept the chuckles coming as long as he did. This is a...

By Michael Dequina of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            It's clean, has all the requisite eye candy and slapstick for the younger set, and -- most distin...

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Scott Renshaw of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            Far too lively and good-natured to deserve harsh criticism; in a season full of prestige-hungry O...

By Susan Granger of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            Exuberant, enormously funny.

By Mary Kalin-Casey of Reel.com (7/0)
            At its heart, this a fluffy genre parody that knows exactly what it is and economically fulfills ...

By Robin Clifford of Reeling Reviews (7/0)
            It's hip, it's funny and it is one of the better ensemble efforts -- both in front and behind the...

By Jack Garner of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (7/0)
            Its affectionate, lighthearted laughs add a little sparkle to the holiday schedule.

By Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com (7/0)
            A sweet-spirited and clever film for anyone who's ever been a sci-fi nerd -- or laughed at one.

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Bob Stephens of San Francisco Examiner (7/0)
            An exceptionally funny science-fiction comedy.

By James O'Ehley of Sci-Fi Movie Page (7/0)
            It's very funny at times, sports an excellent cast, and is often very entertaining.

By Paula Nechak of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
            A stellar cast.

By Rich Cline of Shadows on the Wall (7/0)
            A cleverly written spoof-adventure that more than rises to the occasion. Not only are the jokes d...

By Kim Newman of Sight and Sound (7/0)
            There are genuinely imaginative special effects which manage to be recognisably in the spirit of ...

By Rob Blackwelder of SPLICEDWire (7/0)
            Six hilariously-scripted parts, but they run out of laugh material long before the movie ends, an...

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Trevor Johnston of Time Out (7/0)
            Effects and production design are splendidly integrated into the overall enterprise, which is eve...

By Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide's Movie Guide (7/0)
            You don't have to be a Trek weenie to have a good time at this spoof cum homage to fandom and the...

By Ian Waldron-Mantgani of UK Critic (7/0)
            The cast is terrific. Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Tony Shalhoub are familiar fa...

By Urban Cinefile Critics of Urban Cinefile (7/0)
            Original, entertaining and very funny.

By Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel of 3BlackChicks Review (6/1) No reference
            I'm still laughing.

By Madeleine Williams of Cinematter (6/1) No reference
            A surprisingly funny comedy. Fans of the original Star Trek will be the ones who enjoy most of th...

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Jeff Vice of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (6/1) No reference
            This science-fiction comedy is so extremely silly, so inventively goofy, that even those who aren...

By Andrew Howe of Film Written Magazine (3/4) No reference
            See it, enjoy it, and remind yourself why having fun is never a crime.

By MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher (3/4) No reference
            Galaxy Quest the movie is such a thrill for true fans of Trek and the like because while it does ...

By David Chute of IFilm (3/4) No reference
            There's a surprising amount of affection in the satire.

By Chuck Rudolph of Matinee Magazine (3/4) No reference
            A pure joy from start to finish.

By Sue Pierman of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/4) No reference
            It's a sci-fi film. It's an action picture. It's a comedy. And, surprisingly, it works.

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By Nell Minow of Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (6/1) No reference
            We really come to care about the characters.

By Michael Elliott of Movie Parables (3/4) No reference
            The filmmakers succeed, mainly because even as they are spoofing the 'cheesiness' of the 1960's s...

By James Rocchi of Netflix (3/4) No reference
            Star Trek spoof boldly mocks where no one has mocked before.

By Jay Boyar of Orlando Sentinel (3/4) No reference
            The premise is the best thing about the movie, but it's such a dandy premise that it is almost en...

By Philip Booth of Orlando Weekly (3/4) No reference
            A Christmas present filled with impressive special effects and silly gags, which is far more ente...

By Joe Baltake of Sacramento Bee (3/4) No reference
            It's a film that falls far short of its potential and, during its dull moments, you can't help co...

                         Reviews of Galaxy Quest
By David Elliott of San Diego Union-Tribune (3/4) No reference
            Deliciously funny!

By Todd Anthony of South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3/4) No reference
            Good-natured fun.

By Michael O'Sullivan of Washington Post (3/4) No reference
            The wisecracks fly fast and furious.

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Production Companies
Gran Via Productions

Movie Studios
DreamWorks SKG