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Dean Parisot,
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: DreamWorks
: Comedies, Science Fiction , Space Opera
: 102 min.
: English
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A team of intrepid adventurers travels through the outer reaches of the galaxy, each week finding excitement and adventure on Galaxy Quest! Or at least that's the way it was in the mid-1970s, when brave if reckless Captain Peter Quincy Taggart, lovely Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and inscrutable alien Dr. Lazarus were the leaders of an interstellar law enforcement team on the TV series of that name. Twenty years later, the show is still in reruns, and Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver), and Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman) prop up their sagging careers by making appearances at sci-fi conventions, where they grudgingly shake hands and give autographs for the show's socially inept following. However, it turns out that nerdy sci-fi fans aren't the only ones watching: somewhere in another solar system, a group of alien rebels living under a regime of violence and repression have picked up broadcasts of Galaxy Quest, and they aren't aware that it's fiction. They travel to Earth and encounter the Galaxy Quest cast, who figure that they're just another bunch of guys who like to dress funny. However, they soon realize that they're being hired not for another autograph-signing session but for a real-life outer space rescue mission. Galaxy Quest was directed by Dean Parisot, who had a background in TV directing before his theatrical debut with the dark comedy Home Fries. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Special Features:
- "On Location In Space" featurette
- Deleted Scenes
- Thermian Language Audio Track
- Cast & Filmmakers' Bios
- Production Notes
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| Defied every expectation I had for a movie of this ilk
by yeqotz
December 31, 2005 - 9:23 AM PST
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2 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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No way was I going to watch this movie. I mean, come on: Tim Allen. "Clever" Star Trek jokes. My beloved Alan Rickman sporting mutant Kojak headgear. Tim Allen.
But then I got tired of being on the out every time someone made a Galaxy Quest reference. Which occurred with startling and increasing frequency. And some of these were smart, respectable people--not just my stoner and/or Trekkie friends.
So I settled in one crappy night with zero expections...and shrieked with laughter until my stomach hurt and and my throat was raw. Here's all you need to know:
Tony Shaloub is generally hilarious as an oddball; here he plays his straightest role (aside from attacks of the munchies) and is the funniest I've ever seen him.
Enrico Colantoni (of Just Shoot Me and Veronica Mars) is a brilliant alien leader; I've never heard vocal stylings so original.
Alan Rickman and Sam Rockwell are so good at this genre they were cast in the equally fantastic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Sigourney Weaver is exceptionally hot as a blond.
And Tim Allen, the buffoon, plays a creditable buffoon.
So ditch the pre/misconceptions. The key is that Galaxy Quest isn't mere comedy--it's scifi-based absurdity at its best. |
| By Grabthar's Hammer, this one's a keeper
by underdog
June 6, 2003 - 6:25 PM PDT
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7 out of 7 members found this review helpful
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| Dean Parisot's film is the best kind of satire because it demonstrates an affection, and a knowledge of, that which it satires -- in this case, of course, Star Trek (and Trekkies). It boasts a spot-on script, full of memorable dialogue (like "It's a rock monster. It doesn't have motivation." "See, that's your problem, Jason. You were never serious about the craft!" and "Whoever wrote this episode should DIE!"), and a super cast -- Allen's best role, Weaver as good as always (and for once playing a bubblehead), Tony Shalhoub, one of our great character actors here winningly playing against type as a stoned actor, Alan Rickman who is wonderful, and on down the line to Sam Rockwell as the appropriately anxious "crewman number 6" ("I'm expendable!") Each actor fully gets into their characters (and their characters' character, if you follow). Frankly, this is, with Groundhog's Day and maybe a couple of others, one of the few good comedic scripts of the last ten years (damning with faint praise). A rollicking good time to be appreciated on a few different levels. |
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