Galaxy Quest (1999)

Cautiously Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Director: Dean Parisot

Writers: Robert Gordon, David Howard

Cinematographer: Jerzy Zielinski

Composer: David Newman

Cast: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Robin Sachs, Patrick Breen, Missi Pyle

The ageing cast of a cult sci-fi TV show are mistaken for the space-exploring heroes that they used to play by a hapless bunch of aliens, who enlist them in their fight against a merciless enemy after watching old episodes of their show, believing them to be historical documents, in this mildly diverting comic film, which just about elicits sufficient laughs to hold your attention. Iain.Stott