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Dark Star

Bombed Out in Space with a Spaced Out Bomb!

1974 · 1h 23m · G Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by John Carpenter

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A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

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All reviews
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh

By introducing human eccentricities into the cold structure of SF, Carpenter creates a vision of the technological future that is both disillusioned and oddly affirmative in its insistence on the unscientific survival of emotional frailty.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten

The dim comedy consists of sophomoric notations and mistimed one-liners.

Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten

There are some funny routines here, though Mr. Carpenter doesn't seem to have cared much about integrating or sustaining them.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh

A berserk combination of space opera, intelligent bombs, and beach balls from other worlds.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

Sheer delight.

Time Out

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