Nearing the end of a long mission exploring deep space, the spacecraft USS Palomino is returning to Earth and discovers a black hole in space with a spaceship nearby. Manning this craft is mad scientist Dr. Hans Reinhardt, who intends to explore the black hole in hopes of finding the universe's energy source.
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March 09, 2009
The problem...is that the protagonist, Schell, is nuts, and we find it difficult to root for him. The other characters are never fully developed, and so the picture becomes a triumph of style over substance.
May 09, 2005
It cost half as much as Star Trek and looks better -- not as lavish, perhaps, but more original. The special effects are fancy, and the design even more so.
October 23, 2004
Takes us all the way to the rim of space only to bog us down in a talky melodrama whipped up out of mad scientists and haunted houses.
March 09, 2009
It is good to see the Disney craftsmen doing what they do best on such a grand and risky scale. If one has time for only one space opera this season, this is the one to choose.
September 25, 2014
Desperately tries to fuse Disney's characteristic kiddie funtime japery with Star Wars-style action and world-building.
July 23, 2007
An elegant, if stubbornly unexciting, popcorn-muncher that flips into a chin-scratcher, with a crew of mostly bland heroes.
February 14, 2007
Ranks among the very best films to come from the post-Star Wars sci-fi boom.
October 13, 2007
The science of this fiction is as hokey as the drama, but the imaginative art design and excellent special effects are magnificent.
November 22, 2007
Is let down by the weak script.
August 19, 2006
...ultimately revealed to be an underrated and surprisingly dark Disney effort.
February 09, 2006
Disney's most ambitious and costly production to date -- about a spaceship crew which encounters a Black Hole and a long-lost madman -- and if looks were everything, you could hardly fault it.
April 07, 2012
Despite Oscar nominations for cinematography and visual effects, the Black Hole, an attempt to cash in on the sucess of Star Wars, leaves much to be desired.
