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enlist them in their fight against a merciless enemy after watching old episodes of their show, believing them to be historical documents, in this mildly diverting comic film, which just about elicits sufficient laughs to hold your attention.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