Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek I: The Motion Picture (1979)

  • 44% of critics liked it
    (34 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (63,657 ratings)

When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine and hopefully stop it.

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In Theaters
Dec 7, 1979 Wide
On DVD
Nov 6, 2001
Paramount Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

    Nothing but a long day's journey into ennui.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    The expensive effects (under supervision of Douglas Trumbull) are the secret of this film, and the amazing wizardry throughout would appear to justify the whopping budget.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    This 1979 movie adaptation of the cult TV series is blandness raised to an epic scale.

  • , Time Out

    For non-addicts, the smart plot and effects go some way towards compensating for the plastic characters and costumes.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    [It's] like attending your high-school class's 10th reunion at Caesar's Palace. Most of the faces are familiar, but the décor has little relationship to anything you've ever seen before.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Everett J


    I have to admit, I've never really been a "Star Trek" fan. It's always seemed boring to me, and over my head. Heck, most sci-fi is, except the big alien invasion movies. Not sure what it is, the just don't really do much for me. However, when the J.J.… More

  • KJ P


    A very underrated film that sparked decades of Star Trek features, in which has spectacular visuals for it's time, and a score that will definitely remain in every fan's hearts. I love myself a good Sci-fi flick, and there are many reasons to say this film does not qualify,… More

  • Chris W


    When this came out in 1979, it was a big deal. It was the first piece of new Trek in almost a decade. Then, as now, this is a baffling movie, and back then, probably not what people expected. I kind of liked it though. It basically is something like the Star Trek version of 2001: A… More

  • Phil H


    To think this this film came out when I was just one year old, just like 'Star Wars' which came out a year before I was born, makes me think. I'm not a Star Trek fan and never have been although I did always enjoy the films with the original crew, never got into any of… More

  • Alexander D


    This certainly isnâ(TM)t the ideal sci-fi film, but rather a decent one. Itâ(TM)s quite likely that fans of the original series will not enjoy it all too much, whereas mostly anyone else should enjoy it well enough. Although one who turns off his or her brain will enjoy it much… More

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