Fresh
Effects and production design are splendidly integrated into the overall enterprise, which is even more enjoyable for being so unexpected.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Galaxy Quest
A comedy of galactic proportions.
1999 · 1h 42m · PG
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Dean Parisot
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Galaxy Quest
Overview
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space... until their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director, and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Boldly going where few parodies have gone before.
Kevin Courrier, Globe and Mail
Fresh
The drolleries take precedence over the special effects.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
A sweet-spirited and clever film for anyone who's ever been a sci-fi nerd -- or laughed at one.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Fresh
An amiable comedy that simultaneously manages to spoof these popular futuristic space adventures and replicate the very elements that have made them so durable.
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
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