I've seen it rated G (on IMDb) and also "Not Rated" (on the box for this set) but I think a PG rating would be fair. The content for Star Trek: The Motion Picture is pretty mild and about on-par for an episode from the series. We get it this movie was made in the 70's, but it is supposed to take place in the future. Seeing DeForest Kelley as the doctor Bones come aboard looking more like a BeeGee than a member of Starfleet just seemed like a further example of how out of touch this version of Trek seemed to be. Sure, it was only supposed to be a "5-year mission," but these movies seemed to spend a lot of time trying to find ways to reunite everyone from the TV series'. It's also kind of a downer that the original crew of the Enterprise hadn't remained together in the years that followed the series. The effects are great for the late 70's, but, like the original series' effects, they haven't aged well. The musical score may be the best thing - and maybe the only redeemable thing - about this Trek.
Looking back, it's certainly a watchable movie, but its plot is kind of silly, and the characters just seem like poorly Xerox-ed, i.e. Furthermore, there's very little passion in the characters or their performances, and everything that fans might love about what makes Star Trek.
It's painfully slow, focuses far too much on long, drawn-out beauty shots of the USS Enterprise, and spends too much time reuniting the ship's original crew. After it made its Blu-Ray debut some years ago, I sat down and watched it from beginning to end for possibly the first time, and it left me with mixed feelings. While this movie had released before I was born, I'm not quite sure when I finally first saw this film. It was Star Trek for the next generation (see what I did there?), but it wasn't the Star Trek everyone knew and loved. The movie even contained an all-new musical theme from Jerry Goldsmith. Star Trek: The Motion Picture may have featured all of the beloved characters from the original series, but it seemed like it was Star Trek in name only. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite the return that fans were hoping for. However, the idea for that series was tossed out in favor of a feature film, and so Star Trek: The Motion Picture hit theaters in 1979. The movie formed while series creator Gene Roddenberry and Paramount were in negotiations to revitalize the original series with a new TV series, to be called Star Trek: Phase II. Star Trek: The Motion Picture rebirthed the Star Trek franchise 13 years after it had debuted on TV.
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