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Latest excursion is warmer, wittier, more socially relevant and truer to its TV origins than prior odysseys.
Variety Staff, Variety
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star date: 1986. How on Earth can they save the future?
1986 · 1h 58m · PG
Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Leonard Nimoy
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Overview
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
Director and cast
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Rotten
I suspect the unconverted will want to be beamed up pronto.
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Kirk & Co return to present-day San Francisco to save the whales in the most enjoyable film of the series so far, also returning to the simplistic morality-play format that gave the original TV series its strength.
Stephen Garrett, Time Out
Fresh
Mr. Nimoy directed this Star Trek installment, and indeed he should probably direct all of them. His technical expertise leaves much to be desired. But his sincerity is unmistakable, and it counts for a lot.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
This is easily the most absurd of the Star Trek stories -- and yet, oddly enough, it is also the best, the funniest and the most enjoyable in simple human terms.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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