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2005

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Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with Serenity, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, Firefly. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, Serenity follows captain Malcolm Mal Reynolds (Nathan .. Read more

Starring	Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Sean Maher, Alan Tudyk
Director	Joss Whedon
Genres	Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Critic's review of Serenity
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- Many of the film's pleasures are down to small-screen values... and the good-humoured playing of an experienced, non-starry ensemble cast
- 40273
- - Sight and Sound
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
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  - 114
  Painful
  
  I lost the will to watch more after the first few cliches. I did try to get into this but I could not find anything different or anything that had an ... read more »
  
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  - Rip
  - Manchester
  - 10 Oct 2006 at 18:07
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- - 6
  - 0
  Action, humour and a good story
  
  Fans of Firefly will feel immediately at home, with the first half hour a fantastic ride. It has to slow a bit to catch breath and do some exposition. And then ... read more »
  
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- 1076782
- - TheOtherMrT
  - 7 reviews
  - Epsom
  - 29 Dec 2011 at 20:53
- - 5
  - 0
  Just a brilliant film, which came out of a scrapped TV show
  
  This is a very clever mix of wester and sci-fi. It was made to try to encourage the American networks to re-commission a series of Firefly on which the film is ... read more »
  
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- 1071746
- - TezzerK
  - 7 reviews
  - Orpington
  - 09 Dec 2011 at 09:44
- - 0
  - 7
  nowhere near the quality of the series
  
  I loved the series, but I found the movie such a disappointment :(
  
  Plus, they tied up some loose ends but not others so it was really frustrating...
  
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- - Janeym
  - 1 review
  - 21 Nov 2011 at 21:58
- - 0
  - 0
  serenity valley here we come
  
  serenity is a great space western following on from the short but much loved firefly like the peace keepers wars of farscape this film was to either finish ... read more »
  
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- 1053041
- - a customer
  - 19 Oct 2011 at 16:40
- - 0
  - 2
  Serenity, tedious, not good
  
  It was desperately trying to match up to the big guys. Was it Star Wars? Star Trek? Star Gate? Serenity was not a patch... You could tell Buffy the Vampire ... read more »
  
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- 1041452
- - AJN
  - 10 reviews
  - 16 Sep 2011 at 18:55
- - 2
  - 0
  Fun romp through the wild wild west of space !
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Fantastic === Cowboys in Space !!!
  
  A fun romp through the 'wild wild beyond' as the space ship bumbles from one crisis to another with the ... read more »
  
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- - Nauseous
  - 3 reviews
  - 09 Sep 2011 at 15:03
- - 2
  - 0
  Serene Serenity
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Forget 'Buffy', put 'Angel' back in his box - drop everything for 'Firefly' and the movie follow-up - 'Serenity'.
  
  ... read more »
  
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- - isgen
  - 1 review
  - 08 Sep 2011 at 11:53
- - 2
  - 0
  Firefly fan who would have preferred more episodes!
  
  The film with the unenviable task of trying to tie up what should have been a multi-season television series! Firefly was the unfortunate victim of idiocy of ... read more »
  
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- - MarsSkirata
  - 9 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 21 Aug 2011 at 00:41
- - 1
  - 0
  Good fun SF
  
  A good SF film with a decent story line and likeable characters. Not ment be taken to seriously and therefore quite enjoyable.
  
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- - a customer
  - 18 Aug 2011 at 08:21
- - 8
  - 0
  Brilliant Sci Fi
  
  I loved this film.
  
  Watch the series 1st so you get into the characters & you wont be disappointed. My only disappointment is that there won't... read more »
  
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- 991045
- - a customer
  - 09 May 2011 at 22:58
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- - 242
  - 114
  Painful
  
  I lost the will to watch more after the first few cliches. I did try to get into this but I could not find anything different or anything that had an ... read more »
  
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- 372692
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  
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  - Manchester
  - 10 Oct 2006 at 18:07
- - 114
  - 21
  Phew - he didn't mess it up!
  
  I saw the film at the final showing in Edinburgh with a non Firefly watcher. Not only did he not need to have seen it he nicked my DVD set afterwards.
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- - a customer
  - Glasgow
  - 19 Sep 2005 at 09:36
- - 76
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  T.V executives take note...
  
  Fans of Firefly should breath a huge sigh of relief, Serenity is a wonderful addition to the Joss Whedon Universe. First Buffy, then Angel and now Firefly. It ... read more »
  
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- - adiw
  - Leicestershire
  - 09 Oct 2005 at 21:30
- - 52
  - 10
  Joss Whedon announces himself as a special film maker
  
  Joss Whedon, the small screen auteur of ground breaking shows 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Angel', created a third show called Firefly. It ... read more »
  
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- - Matthew Daly
  - London
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 13:02
- - 42
  - 17
  Don't believe the Hype!!!This Film is Rubbish!!
  
  My first comment after this DVD finished was 'below average, bordering on $hite!'.
  
  A lot of money has been spent on this movie- that much is ... read more »
  
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- - The Guru
  - Fife, Scotland
  - 19 Apr 2006 at 09:30
- - 39
  - 10
  Definitely worth a watch
  
  If you like sci-fi, tongue-in-cheek humour, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Battlestar Galactica (the new series) or in fact just a damn good action movie - ... read more »
  
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- - Gromit
  - 44 reviews
  - Canterbury
  - 05 Apr 2006 at 12:51
- - 38
  - 7
  This is what Star Wars III SHOULD have been
  
  I'll use few words for this: Serenity is the best film of it's kind I have had the pleaseure to see this decade.
  
  I remember the awe I felt as... read more »
  
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- - MaidMarian
  - Nottingham
  - 21 Dec 2005 at 12:53
- - 36
  - 13
  No plot no point!
  
  Was i watching the same film as everyone who has given this film a 6 or 7 rating!
  
  It has almost no plot or storyline I kept hopeing one would start!<... read more »
  
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- - daveb13
  - WILTSHIRE
  - 01 Mar 2006 at 10:50
- - 34
  - 15
  Oh dear!
  
  A truly awful film. It was like watching a B movie. I don't know how Joss Whedon could have got this so wrong, I love Buffy and Angel, but this I can not ... read more »
  
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- - Nicholas Russell
  - Surrey, UK
  - 16 Jun 2006 at 23:35
- - 27
  - 14
  Strictly for anoraks
  
  Beware all these positive reviews. Joss Whedon has a small, diehard fanbase convinced that entertainment comes in the form of singing lesbian witches and glove-... read more »
  
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- 236770
- - a customer
  - West Midlands, England
  - 25 Apr 2006 at 06:52

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Critics' reviews
- Many of the film's pleasures are down to small-screen values... and the good-humoured playing of an experienced, non-starry ensemble cast
- 40273
- - Sight and Sound
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Scene for scene, SERENITY is more engaging and certainly better written and acted than any of Mr. Lucas's recent screen entertainments.
- 40272
- - New York Times
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- TV season's worth of roller-coastering drama, most of it balanced on the capable shoulders of Fillion, a natural leading man.
- 40270
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Thrills, spills and eye popping explosions ...sheer, joyful entertainment
- 40269
- - Daily Telegraph
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Fantastic non-stop action adventure
- 40271
- - Hotdog
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Seriously entertaining
- 40274
- - Total Film
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25

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