Spaceship

July. 01,1983      PG
Rating:
3.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A farce satirizing extraterrestrial horror movies such as Alien. Alternate titles include "The Creature Wasn't Nice" and "Naked Space" (1999 re-release trying to capitalize on Nielsen's "Naked Gun" success).

Cindy Williams as  Annie McHugh
Bruce Kimmel as  John
Leslie Nielsen as  Capt. Jamieson
Gerrit Graham as  Rodzinski
Patrick Macnee as  Dr. Stark
Paul Brinegar as  Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry
Jed Mills as  Dirty Harry Punk #4
Broderick Crawford as  Max the Computer (voice)

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Reviews

Helloturia
1983/07/01

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

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ChanFamous
1983/07/02

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

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KnotStronger
1983/07/03

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

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Tyreece Hulme
1983/07/04

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

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rooprect
1983/07/05

You'd think a movie made in 1983 right on the heels of "Airplane!" and starring Airplane's own master of deadpan Leslie Nielsen, as well as Cindy Williams (Shirley from "Laverne & Shirley") and Patrick MacNee (whom I'll always think of as Sir Denis Eaton-Hogg from "Spinal Tap") would be a sleeper hit. Well, parts may put you to sleep, but other parts are definitely a hit. In the end I think "Naked Space" aka "Spaceship" aka "The Creature Wasn't Nice" is well worth the ride.It should be noted that writer/director Bruce Kimmel never intended this comedy to be in the style of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker films "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun", but they were marketed as such, and, according to Kimmel's liner notes on the soundtrack, the film was edited by someone else without his approval. I think Kimmel's style was intended to be something closer to Mel Brooks' early work "12 Chairs", "The Producers", not nearly as zany & absurd as you've been led to believe by the marketing. But if you take it all in stride, a fun time will be had by all."Naked Space" has a very low budget look which works in its favor. Most of the gags are pretty tame (the film is rated PG, almost G if not for some brief hilarious gore), and often you may find yourself waiting for a punchline that never comes. If you are expecting Airplane-esque hilarity, you may be disappointed. But the money shot, which even haters of this film must admit is pretty great, comes in the 2nd half when we get a moment of sheer Mel Brooksian gold. That's all I'll say because it's best left as a surprise. But if you don't mind a mild spo!ler, go to YouTube and search "I want to eat your face".The 2nd great moment comes near the end of the film. If nothing else, watch the movie for those 2 scenes, watch it to see a rare assemblage of great 70s- 80s actors, or watch it to kill 91 minutes of your life. The hilarious songs, as well as the movie, were written by director Bruce Kimmel who also co-stars as "John Boy".

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Seth Nelson
1983/07/06

Why are y'all complaining so much on this under-rated...err...I mean over-rated flick????? This is middle-rated; meaning, not too dull or ugh!!!!! In plain English, it's excellent!!!!! Four years before "Spaceballs" made us never look at science fiction the same way again, "The Creature Wasn't Nice" had done just that. While not as great as "Spaceballs" (storywise and, umm, character-name wise LOL), "TCWN" still made us laugh where no man has gone before; just about as funny as watching "Star Trek" bloopers!!!!! LOLOL Anyways, Leslie Nielsen of "Airplane!" fame was, as always, very funny, and he would make yet another bad sci-fi parody film like this years later ("2001: A Space Travesty").While this movie may not be "Spaceballs" or "2001: AST," "TCWN" is still a very watchable and very funny comedy to enjoy.10 stars

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cpeterman-1
1983/07/07

I can not believe anyone could find this movie unfunny. I laughed so hard. There was not a scene in this movie that was not funny. It was a spoof and anyone who watches it must remember just that. It was not intended to be serious. Cindy Williams did a stand up job on this.It was such a spoof of the space movies and truly was the best.I loved it. The monster was great. And the song "I want to eat your Face" hysterical. Their expressions during the song was priceless.I thought the entire cast was first rate. From the beginning to the end the movie was just plain fun. This was such a cute send off with the entire crew did on this creature.

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jenjams
1983/07/08

I generally don't like spoofs, but this movie just had something I found hilarious. Some have complained about the Vegas-style singing acts the Creature performs, but I just thought they were funny. It's been well over 15 years since I've seen this movie, and I can still hum the "I want to eat your face" song. My husband didn't actually believe that this was a real movie until I pulled it up on the 'net. He didn't believe anyone would produce songs so corny. But hey, if you like spoofs and campy space comedy--especially movies that are so BAD that they're funny, then this is a movie for you. Otherwise, don't bother. I'd rank this one up there with "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" in comedy-style and level. It was actually better than "Plan 9 for Outer Space".

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