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Star Trek: Generations

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10.

  • Is it any good?

    4.0

  • Common Sense says

    Old/new Starfleet heroes warpspeed a lukewarm plot.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 10 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Starfleet is notably racially, gender, and species-integrated (with the addition of Mr. Data, even machine-integrated), and there is a strong sense of friendship, duty, and loyalty. Kirk and Picard both put the greater good ahead of their personal bliss, while Data learns to control and partially absorb unaccustomed, downloaded human emotions.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    Spaceship explosions, ray-gun fire, dead bodies seen. Some hand-to-hand punch-outs and fatal falls.

  • Sex:

    Just some prominent female Klingon cleavage.

  • Language:

    "Hell" spoken by humans, the S-word uttered by the normally unflappable android Data.

  • Consumerism:

    Of course, Star Trek itself is a major commercial product, with video games, comics, action figures, hobby kits, theme-park rides...even a cookbook!

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Drinking in the USS Enterprise bar, includes the android Data reacting comically to his first alcoholic binge.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Star Trek: Generations

Parents need to know that a major Starfleet hero dies in this installment and adult fans have been known to be driven to tears by the scene (spoiler: in subsequent Star Trek novelizations he's brought back to life, for about the 100th time). There are ray-gun space battles, explosions, and ship crashes. The computerized Mr. Data utters a PG swear word in his struggle with simulated emotions and tries alcohol.

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  • Families can talk about the appeal of Star Trek in its various spin-offs and incarnations. Compare-contrast (as Trekkies have done, for many hours, in many conventions) the personalities of James T. Kirk, a maverick who often went around the rules of Starfleet, and Jean-Luc Picard, an authoritarian stickler for regulations and decorum. Which TV crew members or movies are favorites?
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  1. Parent Reviewer
    Tsion
    Lives in Nebraska
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 2.0

    Not Near As Good...

    I love STAR TREK. The show's great acting, pervading sense of optimism, and suspenseful plots always engage me and make me smile. GENERATIONS is not as good as the rest. It's not awful (it's worth it just to see Kirk, Chekov, and Scotty on the bridge again), but it is not a very good movie. There is no real violence, only some brief shots of some bloody bodies. Language is one "s" word uttered by Mr. Data.

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  2. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Thinker96
    Lives in Oregon
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0

    Hopless Trekkie

    LUKEWARM PLOT?????????? ARE YOU INSANE???? This movie rocks!

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  3. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Gilldel
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0

    flawlessly blends two generations

    Star trek Generations is my favorite Star trek film. It has excellent special effects, solid acting and plenty of humor. A touch of language and some sci-fi violence is the only thing objectionable in this film. If you are a star trek fan like me be sure to see this film.

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