[The wisecracks], more often than not, don't go over. But those that do still add up to lotsa laughs, and the sheer weight of them eventually builds an atmosphere of mild lunacy that it's useless to resist.
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05/20/08
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:26
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie may be thin and uneven, but it's hilarious in enough of the right spots to do the show's big-screen transition justice.
Synopsis: This film follows the same premise of the cable TV series it's based on: a man named Mike Nelson, along with two witty robots, is held captive in outer space by mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester.... [More]
Starring: Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Jim Mallon
Director: Jim Mallon
Reviews for Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
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05/20/08
In the theater, whenever Mike, Crow or Tom Servo flub a punchline or resort to a fart joke, you almost want to lean forward and shush them.
05/13/08
The translation is a little bumpy, but this is Mystery Science Theater we're talking about here: even a less concentrated effort is guaranteed to be a pants-wetting night of endless laughs and infectious bad movie grimacing.
05/07/08
As we were saying to Andy Rooney the other day, don't you just hate it when you go to see some old movie and find the front two rows filled with college students who think they're extremely clever and don't care who knows it?
06/05/07
So, how does movie differ from TV show? The answer is, thankfully, not a lot.
06/05/07
Top CriticNo review available.
07/21/05
Anything Mystery Science puts a smile on my face!
12/19/04
Sophomoric laughs, sure, but funny.
10/14/04
No review available.
08/06/04
A bad idea for a TV show becomes a worse idea for a movie.
12/04/03
No review available.
06/09/03
No review available.
06/04/03
My guess is this highly specific art form will not survive this trip from late-night TV to the big screen. Still, fans of this genre should get plenty of what they came for.
05/20/03
Great fun from Mike and the Bots, who can make almost any awful movie worth sitting through.
03/19/03
It's fun for the entire family. And one more thing. Push the button, Frank.
09/09/02
Played on the big screens, but it's basically a B+ episode. Stick with Manos & Mitchell.
07/26/02
Helping to make these pleasantries funny is their spur-of-the-moment quality, the same quick spontaneity that characterizes chance remarks overheard at raucous movie houses. Capturing that bright and unexpected quality is what the MST3K crew does best.
02/14/01
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02/14/01
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