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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) concludes the story arc begun with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and continued in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), but on a wholly new, differe... read more read more...nt, and upbeat note. As the movie opens, months have elapsed since the events in Star Trek III; Admiral Kirk (William Shatner), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Scott (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), and Chekhov (Walter Koenig) are marooned in self-imposed exile on Vulcan, along with the resurrected and regenerated Spock (Leonard Nimoy, who also directed). While Spock tries to sort out the Vulcan and human halves of his resurrected psyche, the others prepare to return to Earth to face a brace of charges by the Klingon Empire and Star Fleet over events on Genesis. Taking off in their commandeered, jerry-rigged Klingon ship, they head to Earth, not knowing that a new crisis could destroy their home world -- a huge, immensely powerful alien probe has entered the galaxy and established a position near Earth, disabling every vehicle and installation in its path with its energy and communication output, and has ionized the entire atmosphere and started vaporizing the oceans, leaving the planet only hours to survive. Spock determines that the probe is sending out signals to another intelligent terrestrial life form, humpbacked whales, which no longer exist. Using the gravity slingshot time-warp effect (established early in the original series) to travel back into Earth's 20th century, Kirk and company land in 1980s San Francisco to try and bring humpbacked whales to the 23rd century, to respond to the probe. Thus starts a surprisingly breezy, light-hearted, yet serious odyssey through the past (comparable to the best work of the original series), as the crew learns to deal with exact-change buses, angry drivers, punk-rock enthusiasts and other elements of '80s life, and Kirk tries to persuade a scientist (Catherine Hicks) of his good intentions for two whales in captivity. The screenplay, co-authored by Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer, and Harve Bennett (from a story by Nimoy and Bennett), is the cleverest and most sophisticated of all the Star Trek movie screenplays, recalling some of the elements of Meyer's earlier time-travel movie Time After Time and also anticipating the feel and tone of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation (which would be on the air not quite a year later). Nimoy's direction offers a combination of brisk pacing and a deep love of the characters and the actors, as well as a serious appreciation of the humorous aspects of the script, and Shatner gives his best performance of any of the movies. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 59 min.

Directed by: Leonard Nimoy

Release Date: November 26, 1986

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DVD Release Date: November 9, 1999

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  • ajv2688
    January 24, 2011
    ajv2688
    My favourite Star Trek picture, this one has the crew going back in time (as they sometimes did on the show) to get a bunch of whales so they can save the future. I love this movie, it's very funny and it has a message too.
  • bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    July 8, 2010
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    B+
  • blacksheepboy
    April 7, 2010
    blacksheepboy
    The voyage home is the return to the status quo, now that Spock is back to the crew where he belongs. This is the lightest entry of the Star Trek films, a delightful incursion into comedy featuring some hilarious dialogues and a very welcome ecological story, even if not so origi... read morenal.
  • cosmo313
    March 14, 2010
    cosmo313
    This is the final part in the so-called "Trek Trilogy", and it's a really good film. Not as good as Wrath of Khan, but better than Search for Spock, this films is quite funny, and I like the fact that they did something different with it, like putting the Kirk and Co out of their... read more element as they try to save the world in an environmentalist way. Like the previous two films, this one has a great theme and recurring motifs throughout. To paraphrase James Rolfe, TWOK was about death, Search for Spock was about life, and The Voyage Home is about communication, or lackthereof. I like it when movies do stuff like this, especially science fiction. There are basically two type of sci-fi films-those with shooting and battles, and those without. Both have their own merits, but the latter kind, like this one, have an importance which cannot be stressed enough. They are entertaining AND thought provoking.

    Enough rambling.

    The acting is great, the pacing is good, hilarity is everywhere, and the happy ending makes one feeel all warm and fuzzy inside. Nimoy is a good director, and it's a shame he didn't end up directing any more of these films. I think he should go back and give it another try. Oh yeah, one more thing. The plot, like the specifics, ispretty weird, and I kinda onder what kind of drugs Nimoy was on when he came up with this stuff. Not that I'm complaining, but seriously, wtf man.
  • FilmFanatik
    January 9, 2010
    FilmFanatik
    Even though it takes place mostly on Earth, it is very much entertaining.
  • SirPant
    September 21, 2009
    SirPant
    ?And a double dumb ass on you?! I saw this in the cinema with my Gran and I?ve loved it ever since!
  • stormyweather980
    August 15, 2009
    stormyweather980
    "Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home" isn't like you'd expect it to be if you're familiar with the original series and the other Star Trek movies. It has a lot more comedy to it when you compare it to the previous Star Trek shows.
    Admiral Kirk and the crew discover a signal in humpb... read moreack whales' language that earth will be destroyed unless they can discover a way to find two humpback whales from the 20th century and transport them to the 23rd century.

    If you like the other Star Trek movies, you will probably like "The Voyage Home." Unlike the other movies in the classic series, it is just as much of a comedy movie as it is an adventure. I thought a lot of the movie was funny, especially the part where the crew pretends to be doctors in a hospital and are chased by the police. "The Voyage Home" isn't my favorite Star Trek movie, but it is a great movie and one of the best. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2000. This one packed in more of a comedic touch and I'd rank it 3rd out of the first 4 movies.
  • puffchunk
    July 10, 2009
    puffchunk
    If I dare say so, I actually liked this movie a lot. Shatner's qurkey jokes and robot spock combined with a joyus propoganda ploy to stop whale hunting made for a great 2 hours.
  • SarahG1988
    May 11, 2009
    SarahG1988
    I'd forgotton what a great Star Trek film this was after watching it today. Very funny a times when we see the team arrive in San Francisco and expecially Spock's one-liners after getting confused.
    "You must be out of your mind?"
    "Is there something wrong with the one I've go    ... read moret?

    Really this is the perfect film for all trekie fans, myself included. Highly recomend!
  • Redlats
    May 2, 2009
    Redlats
    This is pretty good for a sequel. The Star Trek with the whales. Still has all the old characters - Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Uhuru, Sulu, Chekov, etc.

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Critic Reviews

Variety Staff
May 19, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety

Latest excursion is warmer, wittier, more socially relevant and truer to its TV origins than prior odysseys. Full Review

Pat Graham
June 6, 2007
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader

I suspect the unconverted will want to be beamed up pronto. Full Review

Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

Mr. Nimoy directed this Star Trek installment, and indeed he should probably direct all of them. His technical expertise leaves much to be desired. But his sincerity is unmistakable, and it counts for... Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This is easily the most absurd of the Star Trek stories -- and yet, oddly enough, it is also the best, the funniest and the most enjoyable in simple human terms. Full Review

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

An effective and enjoyable sample of entertainment -- not good science fiction, but a lightweight piece of comic fantasy utilizing characters so familiar that they feel like old friends. Full Review

Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

A happy, heartfelt chapter that reunites the original cast with the original TV format, shying away from the cold and epic scale of the preceding movie adventures. Full Review

Paul Attanasio
January 1, 2000
Paul Attanasio, Washington Post

Immensely pleasurable. Full Review

Charles Cassady
December 15, 2010
Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media

Buoyant, farcical time-travel Enterprise escapade. Full Review

Josh Larsen
April 3, 2009
Josh Larsen, LarsenOnFilm

...Kirk has finally reached his full lounge lizard potential (it's as if the comedy has freed him from his remaining inhibitions). Full Review

Stefan Birgir Stefansson
July 5, 2008
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

the bad guys... are really my countrymen so... still great though

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    • Montgomery "Scotty" Scott: Admiral, there be whales here!
    • Leonard "Bones" McCoy: The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe.
    • James T. Kirk: Everybody remember where we parked!
    • Gillian: Dont' tell me! You're from outer space!
    • James T. Kirk: No I'm from Iowa, I only work in outer space.
    • Leonard "Bones" McCoy: I thought you said that humpbacks only exist on Earth of the past?
    • Mr. Spock: Yes doctor, that is exactly what I said.
    • Leonard "Bones" McCoy: What's wrong with you?
    • Elderly Patient: Kidney dialysis...
    • Leonard "Bones" McCoy: My god, what is this, the Dark Ages?!
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