Star Trek: Nemesis
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 13, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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11
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14
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4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Familiarity and continuity are what the success of this series has always been about. We've been here before, and we like the neighborhood. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Has a delightfully nasty villain and pumped-up action, albeit along familiar lines. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
A little bit obsessed with replication. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The venerable series is looking outmoded and outdated. Media saturation and age have taken their toll. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldHoward Cohen
If anyone tries to tell you how this one ends, blast 'em with a phaser. Set on stun, of course. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Fails to match the philosophical and acting bounties of 1996's ''First Contact.'' Baird has seen to it that the Enterprise's being under fire still amounts to the crew rocking back and forth, gripping the railings as the ship's phasers are down to 4 percent. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
This is a better movie than the vacuous "Insurrection," thanks largely to a sympathetic screenwriter, longtime "Trek" fanatic John Logan ("Gladiator"), and a crew (headed by Patrick Stewart's Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and Brent Spiner's android Data) determined to go out in glory. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Unfortunately, the plot runs out of dilithium crystals, and drifts to a sluggish and predictable conclusion Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
While Star Trek: Nemesis isn't nearly as good as the best Nicholas Meyer-written movies like "The Undiscovered Country," it is far from the worst, thanks to the topical issues it raises, the performances of Stewart and Hardy, and that essential feature -- a decent full-on space battle. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Once again, perhaps the most impressive effect is Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard, using his Shakespearean training to make long mouthfuls of nonsense sound almost persuasive. Read full review
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
It combines elements of "Lord of the Rings," "Star Wars" and James Bond flicks with generically satisfying results. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyPaul Malcolm
Nemesis never feels true to itself, its energy never fully engaged. Even with Earth on the line in its climactic space battle, the film seems embarrassed that it couldn't have found a better way to work through its issues. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Once it reaches the meat of the story, it seems to lose its confidence. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Reasonably entertaining if utterly familiar entry in the long-running SF franchise. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
An amiably klutzy affair whose warm, fuzzy heart emits intermittent bleats from the sleeve of its gleaming spacesuit. Read full review
60
Film ThreatMike Robinson
The humor is not as hackneyed as in previous films. Read full review
60
VarietyScott Foundas
Despite the intriguing set-up, there's something unambitious and scaled-back about Star Trek Nemesis, so that most of the time it feels like a slightly suped-up episode of the "Next Generation" TV series. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Fails to engage. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
As spent screen series go, Star Trek: Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there's nothing to drink. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Conventional wisdom has it that the best Star Trek movies are the even-numbered ones. Nemesis may keep that streak alive, but barely. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Star Trek is over for me. I've been looking at these stories for half a halftime, and, let's face it, they're out of gas. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlex Pappademas
As Shinzon, a sickly boy-emperor grown from Picard's DNA by scheming Romulans, Tom Hardy channels some of the verve of rich-Corinthian-leather-clad Khan villain Ricardo Montalban, although his real model seems to be Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
Even though it doesn't feel like an appropriate send-off, the lethargy of Star Trek: Nemesis is probably indication enough that the series should end here. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Nemesis, by comparison, is about as exciting as a Tribble on Vicodin. Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
Plays like a greatest-hits remix; like "Die Another Day," it's bent on resurrecting a moribund franchise by recalling all the things you used to love about it till you grew into big-boy pants. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
There comes a time when the future looks old, and that's where "Star Trek" finds itself on the time-space continuum. Read full review
30
Washington PostStephen Hunter
An ordeal for all save the most ardent Treksters. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
Collapsed into the black hole of its own mythology. Read full review
30
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
An offering so endearingly lame it seems to have missed the past 10 years' worth of special-effects breakthroughs. Read full review
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