Serenity
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A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret. Soon, the crew find themselves being pursued by an Alliance agent who will stop at nothing to find them.
What critics thought
Serenity landed as a broadly well-reviewed sci-fi western, with Joss Whedon's sharp wit and world-building winning over most critics — though a dissenting camp found the characters thin and the plotting repetitive. The divide runs roughly between those who embraced its scrappy energy as a genuine genre achievement and those who felt it never quite escaped its TV-movie ceiling.
“made of dubious but energetic special effects, breathless velocity, much imagination, some sly verbal wit and a little political satire”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the characters are generally uninteresting and one-dimensional, and the futuristic Western-style plot grows tedious”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“bounces around to sometimes memorable effect but rarely soars”
Derek Elley·Variety
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Joss WhedonDirector
Nathan FillionMalcolm 'Mal' Reynolds
Summer GlauRiver Tam
Gina TorresZoë Alleyne Washburne
Alan TudykHoban 'Wash' Washburne
Morena BaccarinInara Serra
Adam BaldwinJayne Cobb
Jewel StaiteKaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye
Sean MaherSimon Tam
Ron GlassShepherd Derrial Book
Chiwetel EjioforThe Operative
David KrumholtzMr. Universe
Michael HitchcockDr. Mathias
David NewmanComposer
Jack N. GreenCinematographySerenity
A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret. Soon, the crew find themselves being pursued by an Alliance agent who will stop at nothing to find them.
What critics thought
Serenity landed as a broadly well-reviewed sci-fi western, with Joss Whedon's sharp wit and world-building winning over most critics — though a dissenting camp found the characters thin and the plotting repetitive. The divide runs roughly between those who embraced its scrappy energy as a genuine genre achievement and those who felt it never quite escaped its TV-movie ceiling.
“made of dubious but energetic special effects, breathless velocity, much imagination, some sly verbal wit and a little political satire”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the characters are generally uninteresting and one-dimensional, and the futuristic Western-style plot grows tedious”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“bounces around to sometimes memorable effect but rarely soars”
Derek Elley·Variety
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Joss WhedonDirectorNathan FillionMalcolm 'Mal' ReynoldsSummer GlauRiver TamGina TorresZoë Alleyne WashburneAlan TudykHoban 'Wash' WashburneMorena BaccarinInara SerraAdam BaldwinJayne CobbJewel StaiteKaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' FryeSean MaherSimon TamRon GlassShepherd Derrial BookChiwetel EjioforThe OperativeDavid KrumholtzMr. UniverseMichael HitchcockDr. MathiasDavid NewmanComposerJack N. GreenCinematographyStream
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