What was the critical reaction?
Reviews were relatively positive, including two thumbs up from Siskel & Ebert, and raves in Time, Entertainment Weekly, Details and in some newspapers. The majority of reviews seemed to fall into the “good to fair” range: two-and-a-half or three stars (out of four) being the most common ratings. There were also a few extremely negative reviews, especially among reviewers who professed admiration for “This Island Earth” and seemed to resent any mockery of it.
