Star Trek Generations

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Star Trek Generations

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Released Nov 18, 1994

1h 58m

Sci-Fi

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In the 23rd century, the Starship Enterprise is dispatched to the scene of a giant energy field about to engulf two ships. Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) averts calamity, but is exposed to the field and presumed dead. Years later, the Enterprise's new commander, Capt. Picard (Patrick Stewart), learns that one of the disaster's survivors, Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell), plans to enter the field by destroying a neighboring star. Picard now must collaborate with an unlikely ally in order to stop him.

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Critics Consensus

Generations stands as a mediocre changing of the guard for crews of the Enterprise, with a dull plot that sometimes seems like an expanded episode of the television series.

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Jake Cole

Slant Magazine

Star Trek: Generations feels like such a miscalculation of the show’s strengths.

Apr 5, 2023

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

Three things make the film worthwhile: [William] Shatner's performance; the sequence involving Data getting his "emotion chip" implant; and John Alonzo's crystalline cinematography, which makes Generations the most beautiful Trek ever.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 25, 2020

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

It's well-plotted, cleanly staged and, on the whole, not badly acted.

Mar 25, 2020

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

I do not hate Star Trek: Generations, but at the same time it is a difficult film to entirely like.

Rated: 5/10

Oct 13, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The result was perhaps not what devoted fans hoped for, but in its own right, it's a solid production and entertaining Star Trek adventure.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 4, 2023

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

For every good moment there are two or three awkward ones, and while there is an undeniable thrill of seeing the two “generations” of Enterprise captains working together, it is hard not to wish that the film had more grandeur and more guts.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 19, 2023

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NY Y

This is the perfect movie to showcase both "generations" of the show and I hold this movie close to my heart because my father loved Star Trek and it's one of the Star Trek movies, besides IV, that I would watch with him as a child. I cannot believe that this movie got such low reviews as it showcases a lot of everything. Sentimental both within the movie and out of it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/25

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Kevin P

How strange that so many reviewers didn't understand this movie at all. It's not about action, it's about death and the time we have for life, what we can do with it and how it may be possible for humans to accept the realities of mortality. The clue is in the name.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/25

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Stephen C

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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Charlie M

Pretty awkward, and a pretty unserviceable ending for Kirk. But some character moments and interactions stood out a little. Not great.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/22/24

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Mark O

Omg total bollox..no idea what was going on...as for the bit with the ship on the sea wtf !

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/12/24

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Julian L

An iconic team up of legendary captains, but they shouldn't have treated Star Trek VI like it wasn't the true conclusion, with a lazy, dull story, and is both anticlimactic and is weird.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Synopsis

In the 23rd century, the Starship Enterprise is dispatched to the scene of a giant energy field about to engulf two ships. Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) averts calamity, but is exposed to the field and presumed dead. Years later, the Enterprise's new commander, Capt. Picard (Patrick Stewart), learns that one of the disaster's survivors, Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell), plans to enter the field by destroying a neighboring star. Picard now must collaborate with an unlikely ally in order to stop him.

Director: David Carson
Producer: Rick Berman, Peter Lauritson
Screenwriter: Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Mild Language|Sci-Fi Action)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $74.6M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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