This is the rare film that brings together a great ensemble cast (Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Allen Rickman, Sam Rockwell, Tony Shalhoub, etc.) and elicits excellent performances from everyone: of particular note are Rockwell (who has since become a much more expensive casting choice), and Shalhoub (who, through the excellent series "Monk", has earned some much-deserved recognition). Rockwell plays the doomed other guy--the "Ensign Jones" character from Star Trek--and delivers one of the funniest lines in recent memory, "Did any of you even WATCH the show?"
Galaxy Quest is a keen parody of science fiction in general, and of Star Trek in particular, and it pulls off the impressive feat of poking fun at the genre without ridiculing or belittling it. It is, in an oft-used phrase, an "affectionate spoof", and a great one at that. Galaxy Quest is intelligent, funny and touching without being maudlin, and it manages to accomplish all of this without a hint of crudity. Comedies of this quality are rare, so ENJOY.
(By the way, the bizaare, mushroom-like rock formations on the gremlin-infested planet are real--they are found in the appropriately-named Goblin Valley, Utah.)
Galaxy Quest is a keen parody of science fiction in general, and of Star Trek in particular, and it pulls off the impressive feat of poking fun at the genre without ridiculing or belittling it. It is, in an oft-used phrase, an "affectionate spoof", and a great one at that. Galaxy Quest is intelligent, funny and touching without being maudlin, and it manages to accomplish all of this without a hint of crudity. Comedies of this quality are rare, so ENJOY.
(By the way, the bizaare, mushroom-like rock formations on the gremlin-infested planet are real--they are found in the appropriately-named Goblin Valley, Utah.)