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Star Trek: Nemesis
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 29 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
John Logan (also story)
Rick Berman (story)
Brent Spiner (story)
Gene Roddenberry (television series Star Trek)
Directed by: Stuart Baird
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 13, 2002
DVD: May 20, 2003
Running Time: 116 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and peril and a scene of sexual content.
Starring Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Tom Hardy
The Federation is about to encounter its greatest challenge -- The Romulans want peace. Conceived in the regal senate halls of Romulus and forged in the dilithium mines of Remus, comes a nemesis bent on destroying Picard and the Federation...exactly in that order. (Paramount Pictures)
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FILM: Star Trek Star Trek: Insurrection
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What The Critics Said
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Familiarity and continuity are what the success of this series has always been about. We've been here before, and we like the neighborhood.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Has a delightfully nasty villain and pumped-up action, albeit along familiar lines.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
The venerable series is looking outmoded and outdated. Media saturation and age have taken their toll.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Howard Cohen
If anyone tries to tell you how this one ends, blast 'em with a phaser. Set on stun, of course.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Fails to match the philosophical and acting bounties of 1996's ''First Contact.'' Baird has seen to it that the Enterprise's being under fire still amounts to the crew rocking back and forth, gripping the railings as the ship's phasers are down to 4 percent.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
It combines elements of "Lord of the Rings," "Star Wars" and James Bond flicks with generically satisfying results.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
This is a better movie than the vacuous "Insurrection," thanks largely to a sympathetic screenwriter, longtime "Trek" fanatic John Logan ("Gladiator"), and a crew (headed by Patrick Stewart's Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and Brent Spiner's android Data) determined to go out in glory.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Unfortunately, the plot runs out of dilithium crystals, and drifts to a sluggish and predictable conclusion
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
While Star Trek: Nemesis isn't nearly as good as the best Nicholas Meyer-written movies like "The Undiscovered Country," it is far from the worst, thanks to the topical issues it raises, the performances of Stewart and Hardy, and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Once again, perhaps the most impressive effect is Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard, using his Shakespearean training to make long mouthfuls of nonsense sound almost persuasive.
Read Full Review >Variety Scott Foundas
Despite the intriguing set-up, there's something unambitious and scaled-back about Star Trek Nemesis, so that most of the time it feels like a slightly suped-up episode of the "Next Generation" TV series.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Paul Malcolm
Nemesis never feels true to itself, its energy never fully engaged. Even with Earth on the line in its climactic space battle, the film seems embarrassed that it couldn't have found a better way to work through its issues.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
Once it reaches the meat of the story, it seems to lose its confidence.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Reasonably entertaining if utterly familiar entry in the long-running SF franchise.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
An amiably klutzy affair whose warm, fuzzy heart emits intermittent bleats from the sleeve of its gleaming spacesuit.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
As spent screen series go, Star Trek: Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there's nothing to drink.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Alex Pappademas
As Shinzon, a sickly boy-emperor grown from Picard's DNA by scheming Romulans, Tom Hardy channels some of the verve of rich-Corinthian-leather-clad Khan villain Ricardo Montalban, although his real model seems to be Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Marc Mohan
Even though it doesn't feel like an appropriate send-off, the lethargy of Star Trek: Nemesis is probably indication enough that the series should end here.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Star Trek is over for me. I've been looking at these stories for half a halftime, and, let's face it, they're out of gas.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Conventional wisdom has it that the best Star Trek movies are the even-numbered ones. Nemesis may keep that streak alive, but barely.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Nemesis, by comparison, is about as exciting as a Tribble on Vicodin.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
Plays like a greatest-hits remix; like "Die Another Day," it's bent on resurrecting a moribund franchise by recalling all the things you used to love about it till you grew into big-boy pants.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
There comes a time when the future looks old, and that's where "Star Trek" finds itself on the time-space continuum.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
An offering so endearingly lame it seems to have missed the past 10 years' worth of special-effects breakthroughs.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.7 (out of 10) based on 53 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Lord P. gave it a9:
NEMESIS, a generation's final journey is exactly that and more. Finally a Next Generation feature that stands well on its own and offers a fitting finale for a crew that began their onscreen voyages in 1987. Much has happened since but this series' achievements should not be underestimated from the oversaturation that came later, and this movie is a magnificent coda to the crew and cast of the Starship Enterprise. Very few things could have been done to make it even etter, and as such I rate NEMESIS a full 9.
Joey K. gave it a10:
Great movie. Visually awesome. Philosophically intriguing. Emotionally dramatic. I loved it, as a Trek film and as even a regular movie, and I really don't understand why people didn't like it. I'd give it a 9, but I'm giving it a 10 because it deserves better than it got.
Brandon S. gave it an8:
Excellent movie, and a satisfying end to the Next Generation stories. I am now and probably always will be baffled by the negative critical response to this one. It's not quite "Wrath of Khan," but I put it just a little behind "First Contact" as one of the great Trek movies.
Sam gave it a7:
A movie shouldn't be loved if your a fanboy of the movie series, it should be loved for the quality. Not ot say I hated this movie, the plot is a good Idea, but the action scenes are getting to tiresome, and the special effects are great, but all of the other star trek movies (except for the first) are better, and i'm not saying that as a fanboy, but as a movie buff.
Anthony E. gave it an8:
More memorable than SW III, but too similar to Isurrection (secondary strand of sub-species). Not enough DS9 continuity, not as satisfactory as it should have been, but it makes up for it with eerie moments like Shinzon ordering tea like Picard.
Devin B. gave it a10:
Great movie. A must for any sci fi lover. Great story and evern better visual effects, especially the Enterprise raming the Scimitar.
Mark C. gave it an 8:
I liked this film. The characters, effects, set work and staunchy Picard make for a good time. I've often wondered, however, why the writers can't figure out that a significant alien threat is better than a sneaky plan, and that watching huge battles is better than a couple of ships beating each other up. Also, Star Trek writers should get the idea to install a cloaking device on the next Enterprise upgrade.
