Star Trek Critic Reviews

This installment has achieved a nearly impossible hat trick. It's a movie that is exegetically correct enough to appease the most hard-core buffs, while opening up the final frontier to a whole new generation of fans who have yet to appreciate Star Trek's ineffable combination of sci-fi action, campy humor and yin-yang philosophical tussle between logic and emotion.Read the full review

When it comes to sheer spectacle, Star Trek, as re-imagined by J.J. Abrams, delivers.Read the full review

Retains the original Star Trek's spirit of optimism, curiosity, and humor.Read the full review

Ultimately, when the end credits roll, we're left with the sense that Star Trek represents a good beginning. As a film tasked with getting all the characters together, re-booting a timeline, and finding a way to return a veteran actor to his beloved role, Star Trek works.Read the full review

Star Trek goes back to the legend's roots with a boldness that brings a fatigued franchise back to life.Read the full review

Gripping action and vulnerable heroes writ large. It boldly goes somewhere different and makes it hard to leave the film not hoping for a return voyage soon.Read the full review

Though it has its over-caffeinated aspects and its missteps, this Star Trek has in general bridged the gap between the old and the new with alacrity and purpose.Read the full review

Isn't just a pleasurable rethink of your geek uncle's favorite science-fiction series. It's also a testament to television's power as mythmaker, as a source for some of the fundamental stories we tell about ourselves, who we are and where we came from.Read the full review

At its best, the effect is like seeing life panoramically, past and future, simultaneous and magnificent.Read the full review