Dark Star
The spaced out odyssey.
The spaced out odyssey.
Comedy, Science Fiction
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1974
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A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
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Details
Runtime:
83 min
Release date:
30 Mar 1974
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$60,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
By introducing human eccentricities into the cold structure of SF, Carpenter creates a vision of the technological future that is both disillusioned and oddly affirmative in its insistence on the unscientific survival of emotional frailty.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
6 Jun 2007
rotten:
The dim comedy consists of sophomoric notations and mistimed one-liners.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
6 Jun 2007
rotten:
There are some funny routines here, though Mr. Carpenter doesn't seem to have cared much about integrating or sustaining them.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
A berserk combination of space opera, intelligent bombs, and beach balls from other worlds.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Sheer delight.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006