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74 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 478 Ratings

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  • Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gina Torres, Nathan Fillion
  • Summary: This story of a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. (Universal)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    100
    As challenging as it must have been to pilot Joss Whedon's space opera from the TV junk pile to the big screen, the finished product is a triumph.
  2. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    91
    If you think the "Star Wars" prequels are a disease, then Serenity is the cure.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    50
    If you can't be original, why not borrow from something no one has seen, like Ben Affleck's last five movies?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 244 out of 266
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 266
  3. Negative: 17 out of 266
  1. MarkM
    9
    Thank you Joss, mission accomplished.
    • 7 of 7 users said yes
  2. TracyR
    5
    Entertaining enough, but a bit of a rip-off of the 80's British sci-fi series Blakes 7. Enough things changed to avoid direct plagiarism, but very, very, very close. Too close.… Expand
    • 0 of 5 users said yes
  3. MrCoe
    3
    Bag of Shite. I watched this movie with the prospect of seeing something the 3 new star wars films had missed and wtih the glimmer of hope that it would have the freshness of the originals. Oh how i was wrong,mumbling lines, cheesy dialogue, computer game visuals, incredibly loose and dull plot, boring fight sequences adn due to the amount of characters nobody you actually gave a rats ass about. the reavers were so intensely grotesque it seems the director was scared of putting them on camera just a swish of somebody with red paint on their face every now and again. the plot was ludicrous, never explained why the girl was being harboured into whatever, and why anyone would give a rats ass about the fact they watched a video saying the government was corrupt.- tell me something i don't know.… Expand
    • 1 of 6 users said yes

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