| 100 |
San Francisco Chronicle
More than one joke or one idea. It's a thoroughly satisfying comedy --and a respectable space adventure, as well.
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| 91 |
Entertainment Weekly
A fast, loose, and very funny parody that pulls off the not-so-simple feat of tweaking Trekkies and honoring them.
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| 90 |
Dallas Observer
The makers of this film are clearly fans, and they've put more heart and genuine humor into this piece than Paramount has into the original franchise in years.
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| 88 |
New York Post
An affectionate, often clever and unflaggingly funny satire.
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| 80 |
Mr. Showbiz
"Trek"-heads will laugh hardest, but there are plenty of yuks for the uninitiated as well.
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| 80 |
Washington Post
The wisecracks fly fast and furious
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| 80 |
Los Angeles Times
Fast, light and funny, Galaxy Quest has a wide, generation-spanning appeal--and you don't have to be a die-hard Trekkie to enjoy it.
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| 80 |
LA Weekly
Dean Parisot's direction of the funny, affectionately satirical script by David Howard and Robert Gordon is crisp and assured.
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| 80 |
Variety
One of the holiday movie season's more pleasant surprises. A mischievously clever and slickly commercial sci-fi comedy.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Examiner
Bob Stephens
An exceptionally funny science-fiction comedy.
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| 75 |
New York Daily News
No masterpiece, but in a season dominated by films as heavy -- and about as time-consuming -- as brain surgery, a little brain candy is sweet.
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| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor
The story is silly, the acting is campy, the effects are amusingly tacky. A mildly entertaining romp that pokes refreshing fun at its own occasional violence.
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| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie's humor works best when the illogic of the TV show gets in the way.
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| 75 |
Boston Globe
A clever, affectionate, and entertaining holiday snack for sci-fi fans. Falling somewhere between slick and cheesy.
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| 75 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
It's quite a lot of fun.
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| 70 |
Film.com
For fans of science fiction...Galaxy Quest is a sweet, funny valentine to their obsessiveness.
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| 70 |
TV Guide
You don't have to be a Trek weenie to have a good time at this spoof cum homage to fandom and the enduring appeal of cheesy TV, but it helps.
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| 70 |
Washington Post
Funny without being flip.
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| 70 |
The New York Times
It keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek, offers a few genuine laughs, moves swiftly, if not at warp speed, and is led by a talented cast.
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| 70 |
Village Voice
The many eight-to-11-year-olds in the audience seemed completely enthralled.
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| 67 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Instead of making fun of the series' fans and their lifestyle, Galaxy Quest targets actors and how an onscreen image can forever lock a performer in a particular role. And that proves to be its saving grace.
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| 67 |
Austin Chronicle
It's a one-note gag, but a superior gag performed with a minimum of cheese and a surplus of laugh-out-loud moments.
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| 63 |
Charlotte Observer
The good-hearted Galaxy Quest delivers fun and confusion in equal measure, as it gently tweaks the fanaticism of "Star Trek"/"Star Wars" fans while validating it at the same time.
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| 60 |
Chicago Reader
Overall it's what it aspires to be--a pleasant time-waster.
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| 50 |
USA Today
Skirts dangerously close to being the thing it parodies: a second-rate space opera.
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| 50 |
Chicago Tribune
It's a clever premise but not one that lends itself to an hour and 42 minutes of high jinks. You get the joke quickly.
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| 40 |
Time
In this space epic, no one will hear you laugh.
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| 30 |
TNT RoughCut
It seems as if it was made by people who have never actually watched an episode of Star Trek. So all the old poke-fun-at-Trekkies cliches are here.
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