Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home
It's the 23rd century, and a mysterious alien power is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. To save Earth from an alien probe, Kirk and his crew go back in time to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it, humpback whales.
28 December 1932, Robbins, Illinois, USA
4 September 1948, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 April 1951, Ellensburg, Washington, USA
6 August 1951, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
21 December 1948, New York City, New York, USA
23 May 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 December 1953, Madras, Madras State, India
20 January 1920, Toccoa, Georgia, USA
May 23, 2013
A bit flimsy to be legitimately counted as "great" Star Trek, but aware enough of its characters and their attachments to each other and the audience that it's "fun" Star Trek.
April 03, 2009
...Kirk has finally reached his full lounge lizard potential (it's as if the comedy has freed him from his remaining inhibitions).
June 06, 2007
I suspect the unconverted will want to be beamed up pronto.
May 20, 2003
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 a lot.
May 19, 2008
Latest excursion is warmer, wittier, more socially relevant and truer to its TV origins than prior odysseys.
January 01, 2000
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.
January 26, 2006
Kirk & Co return to present-day San Francisco to save the whales in the most enjoyable film of the series so far, also returning to the simplistic morality-play format that gave the original TV series its strength.
December 15, 2010
Buoyant, farcical time-travel Enterprise escapade.
September 07, 2016
If most movies today are doomed to be sure-fire, presold properties--with ideas leached from our recent TV or cinematic past--let's hope they're all as good at the game as "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."
July 05, 2008
the bad guys... are really my countrymen so... still great though
