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3.0
Creator Gene Roddenberry cast the show with experienced character actors whod spent years in Hollywood stuck in bit parts.
Av Club
4.5
Advertisement Photo: Gravitas Ventures Frankly, the fusion of For The Love Of Spocks two sides isnt always seamless.
Av Club
3.8
Trekkies can probably recite by heart many of the details this film provides about the show.
Rogerebert
4.0
Some of this is quite moving, including the way the film charts the downs as well as the ups of Adam and Leonards father son relationship.
Common Sense Media
4.0
Of all the characters on Star Trek, Spock was the only one created especially for a particular actor.
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Adam may be a successful director, but Leonard Nimoy was an artist who defined a timeless character.
The New York Times
4.0
Although theres plenty of home movie material, theres also a treasure trove of Enterprise related riches, including extensive clips from the show and ..
3.8
The movie is entertaining, although true Trekkies will probably find out nothing new about the character with the pointed ears.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
With access family films, archival footage and even narration from the subject himself before the elder Nimoys death on Feb. 27, 2015 the documentary ..
Ny Daily News
3.5
For us sci fi geeks of a certain age, this franchise was a bit of a gateway drug.
JoBlo
4.0
Roddenberry loved Leonards minimalist acting style, which was inspired, were told, by Harry Belafonte, whose slight, carefully timed gestures made aud ..
Village Voice
4.4
George Takei and Walter Koenig marvel at how Nimoy ensured that they stayed in the franchise as it migrated from canceled TV series to animated series ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
But theres more to this movie than offering fans an opportunity to wallow in the past.
ReelViews
3.0
The films focus began as a celebration of the fifty year anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series, but after Leonard passed away in February 2015 ..
Blu Ray
4.0
Adam Nimoy created this documentary to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, but after his father, Leonard Nimoy, died in 2015, he widened th ..
Chicago Reader
5.0
My feeling is: The documentary is great.Bet you werent expecting that from a non fanwhich tells you just how great this Leonard Nimoy documentary is.
Film Journal
3.0
Story highlights New documentary about Leonard Nimoy directed by his son For the Love of Spock releases September 9 (CNN) The ostensible selling point ..
Cnn
4.5
A miniseries might be too much, but one movie alone feels like its barely nerve pinching the surface.
Forbes
4.0
By the end, Spock is a strange but welcome experience for Trekkies.
The Stranger
3.8
1 of 8 View Caption In this June 29, 2015 photo, lawyer turned director Adam Nimoy, son of the late Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy, poses for a portra ..
Sltrib
4.0
Even so, the film never strays far from Mr. Spock, the enduring and undeniably endearing intellectual compass of Star Trek.
Straight
4.0
For The Love of Spock honors the life of Leonard Nimoy in a very well made documentary.
Solzy At The Movies
4.5
For the Love of Spock doesnt forget that Nimoys career was great fun for him.
Third Coast Review
4.0
And if For the Love of Spock lingers a bit long on a memorial at Burning Man, it goes to show that the memory of Nimoy is too strong for even Burners ..
Sf Weekly
3.8
And for everyone else, its a fascinating, insightful experience with just a few notable failings its overlong by at least 20 minutes, it spends a bit ..
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