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Lost In Space
1998
The space family Robinson is on a journey to Alpha Prime in the hopes of establishing a colony there and thereby saving humanity from extinction. Their plans are foiled by the evil Dr. Smith (Oldman) and they find themselves curiously enough, lost in space. Cameos by Mark Goddard, Angela Cartwright, Marta Kristen and June .. Read more
| Starring | Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt Le Blanc, Mimi Rogers |
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| Director | Stephen Hopkins |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Lost In Space
The space family Robinson is on a journey to Alpha Prime in the hopes of establishing a colony there and thereby saving humanity from extinction. Their plans are foiled by the evil Dr. Smith (Oldman) and they find themselves curiously enough, lost in space. Cameos by Mark Goddard, Angela Cartwright, Marta Kristen and June Lockhart from the original cast of the TV show of the same name.
| Starring | Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt Le Blanc, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Jack Johnson, Jared Harris, Lacey Chabert, Angela Cartwright, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen |
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| Director | Stephen Hopkins |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 10 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 28 Jun 1999 Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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This big-budget screen version of Irwin Allen's cult 1960s TV series is a charmless if flashy affair under the too-straightforward direction of Stephen Hopkins. The Robinson family's Earth migration experiment is sabotaged by evil Doctor Smith (Gary Oldman) and they are forced to land on a mysterious planet where time becomes distorted and where they encounter mutated monster spiders. Trying to be all things to all audiences results in the children's stuff (the lovable space monkey) annoying adults, while the “family values” sermons will bore the kids rigid. The special effects, the nostalgia, the varying tone and the acting (although Matt LeBlanc is an honourable exception) never jell into an enjoyable whole in what is basically a cynical marketing exercise.
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Yet another doomed attempt to transfer a creaking 60s TV series to the big screen; its makers might have found a better script than the tired specimen on offer.
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
absolute shocker
Right this film is an absolute shocker. I have watched the tv series and it was far better than this. There is no real plot and the acting is awful. Matt le Blance, my god is he bad in this, Heather Graham; if she wasn't so hot then she wouldn't be in the film and finally Garry Oldman, my god why did you agree to do this. Terrible film, bad acting, bad story, bad film.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Terrible
It misses on every point it should have hit and Matt Leblanc's acting is so wooden it's awful. Did they put the youngest Robinson sister on helium, as she doesn't sound at all like her film voice in interviews?
The 'making of' really explains what went wrong, as it appears that much of the movie didn't get finished in time and the story got so muddled that by the end you wonder did they write it as they went along? A real shame. -
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