Galaxy Quest

1999 102 min ★ 7.1 Comedy, Science Fiction, Adventure

For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space... until their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director, and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.

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Cast

Tim Allen

Jason Nesmith

Sigourney Weaver

Gwen DeMarco

Alan Rickman

Alexander Dane

Tony Shalhoub

Fred Kwan

Sam Rockwell

Guy Fleegman

Daryl Mitchell

Tommy Webber

Enrico Colantoni

Mathesar

Robin Sachs

Sarris

Jed Rees

Teb

Justin Long

Brandon

Details

Director

Dean Parisot

Screenplay

David Howard

Tagline

"A comedy of galactic proportions."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$90,683,916

Production

DreamWorks Pictures, Gran Via Productions

Reviews

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write2topcat

March 9, 2018

★ 10/10

If you are thinking this sounds like a spoof of Star Trek you're on the right track. Tim Allen (Home Improvement, Last Man Standing) adds his brilliant comedic contribution to this star studded cast which includes Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Alan Rickman, and Sam Rockwell. They are the aging stars of the one time hit TV series Galaxy Quest. None of them have worked much since the series ended...

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Kamurai

July 21, 2020

★ 7/10

Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend, especially for Star Trek fans. This has a sufficiently high production value, but I think a lot of the budge went to hiring the cast, and building the locations, especially the ship. It's probably the chief reason why (at least I feel it is the case) people have wanted to do spoofs of Star Trek since the original series, but only "Galaxy...

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CinemaSerf

August 28, 2023

★ 7/10

I usually struggle with comedy movies - but a combination of great casting; good, well-paced comedy writing and some lovely special effects from Stan Winston keep this rollicking along with loads of tongue-in-cheek swipes at the sci-fi genre (and "Star Trek" in particular) that is done in a sympathetic, engaging fashion. The "crew" are a bunch of washed-out actors doing the comic-con rounds with T...