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Released Year: 1987
Runtime: 96 minutes
Directors: Mel Brooks
Casts: Michael York, Corey Burton, John Hurt, John Hurt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Rivers, George Wyner, Rick Moranis, Rick Ducommun, Bill Pullman, Ed Gale, John Candy, Michael Winslow, Mel Brooks, Phil Hartman, Tress MacNeille, Dick Van Patten, Daphne Zuniga, Dom DeLuise, Rudy De Luca, Lorene Yarnell Jansson, Sandy Helberg, Ken Olfson, Denise Gallup, Dian Gallup, Jim Jackman, Jim J. Bullock, Sal Viscuso
IMDB: Spaceballs (1987)
Ratings: 
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Boston Globe -
Spaceballs has the happy air of a comic enterprise that knows it's going right. It just keeps spritzing the gags at us, Borscht Belt-style, confidently and rightly sensing that if we don't laugh at this one, we'll laugh at the next. And so we do. After a long dry spell, Brooks is back on the money with Spaceballs. [24 Jun 1987, p.33]
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Chicago Sun-Times -
The movie's dialogue is constructed out of funny names, puns and old jokes. Sometimes it's painfully juvenile. But there are some great visual gags in the movie, and the best is Pizza the Hutt, a creature who roars and cajoles while cheese melts off its forehead and big hunks of pepperoni slide down its jowls.
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The New York Times -
Mr. Brooks's vision of ''Star Wars'' and its underlying silliness cannot help but wear thin. But Spaceballs has none of the aggressively unfunny humor that has marred some of Mr. Brooks's other recent efforts, and its spirits remain consistently high.
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Chicago Reader -
The film's low-tech styling is roughly the cardboard inversion of the cinematic machines it parodies, and Brooks seems less inclined than usual to push the overkill urges too far. Small compensations, I guess, but at least it's not the total washout you'd expect.
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TV Guide Magazine -
It's mostly forced humor all the way, a movie that rarely measures up to adequate kitsch. Aimed at younger audiences, Spaceballs misses its mark.
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Spaceballs (1987)
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Spaceballs (1987)
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Information
Released Year: 1987
Runtime: 96 minutes
Directors: Mel Brooks
Casts: Michael York, Corey Burton, John Hurt, John Hurt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Rivers, George Wyner, Rick Moranis, Rick Ducommun, Bill Pullman, Ed Gale, John Candy, Michael Winslow, Mel Brooks, Phil Hartman, Tress MacNeille, Dick Van Patten, Daphne Zuniga, Dom DeLuise, Rudy De Luca, Lorene Yarnell Jansson, Sandy Helberg, Ken Olfson, Denise Gallup, Dian Gallup, Jim Jackman, Jim J. Bullock, Sal Viscuso
IMDB: Spaceballs (1987)
Storyline
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
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Reviews
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Boston Globe -
Spaceballs has the happy air of a comic enterprise that knows it's going right. It just keeps spritzing the gags at us, Borscht Belt-style, confidently and rightly sensing that if we don't laugh at this one, we'll laugh at the next. And so we do. After a long dry spell, Brooks is back on the money with Spaceballs. [24 Jun 1987, p.33]
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Chicago Sun-Times -
The movie's dialogue is constructed out of funny names, puns and old jokes. Sometimes it's painfully juvenile. But there are some great visual gags in the movie, and the best is Pizza the Hutt, a creature who roars and cajoles while cheese melts off its forehead and big hunks of pepperoni slide down its jowls.
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The New York Times -
Mr. Brooks's vision of ''Star Wars'' and its underlying silliness cannot help but wear thin. But Spaceballs has none of the aggressively unfunny humor that has marred some of Mr. Brooks's other recent efforts, and its spirits remain consistently high.
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Chicago Reader -
The film's low-tech styling is roughly the cardboard inversion of the cinematic machines it parodies, and Brooks seems less inclined than usual to push the overkill urges too far. Small compensations, I guess, but at least it's not the total washout you'd expect.
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TV Guide Magazine -
It's mostly forced humor all the way, a movie that rarely measures up to adequate kitsch. Aimed at younger audiences, Spaceballs misses its mark.
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When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
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