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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5055002550232
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 233343
Theatrical Release Date: June 04, 1999
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This modest but likeable movie is driven by a sincere love of the screenwriters' childhood kitsch, with Star Trek dominant above all--although Logan's Run, the X-Men, Planet of the Apes, and dozens of other science fiction touchstones of the 1970s have been worked in as well. Even an action figurine of almighty Isis, from the Saturday morning TV show, plays a major role in the plot, if plot is the right word. The story follows two guys on the fringe of the movie industry: Robert (Rafer Wiegel) edits movies like Teen Bimbo Beach Assault, while Mark (Eric McCormack from Will and Grace) is writing a screenplay about a serial killer who murders all the characters from The Brady Bunch. The movie touches on their career struggles but spends most of its time with their floundering love lives, suggesting that their pop-culture programming may not be the best model for life. The actors are clearly enjoying themselves, and the writing makes its innumerable pop references with wit, but what really makes the movie work is William Shatner. Shatner plays himself with affectionate but cutting self-mockery, simultaneously lampooning Star Trek obsessiveness and Hollywood egotism in general. Shatner displays not only a more subtle sense of humor than he's ever shown before, but also a surprising vulnerability. He may have alienated a lot of his fans when he did that Saturday Night Live sketch telling them to get a life ('It was just a TV show!'), but his performance in Free Enterprise may just win them back. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - These are my people!
So let me just say that this movie is NOT going to appeal to the mainstream. If you're not a sci-fi/horror movie/comics geek you will probably loathe this movie to the core of your very being. In fact, even if you are a geek you may not like this movie for whatever reason. There are parts that make me squirm, like with Moaning Girl faking an orgasm on the answering machine for like 20 minutes and I could have done without the threesome scene. The production values aren't alway fantastic (direction, ... Read More
Rating: - Funny but not the life changing ordeal others make it out to be
There were good parts to this movie, but overall I wasn't that thrilled with it. The whole rap thing at the end everyone raves about was not that funny. I did like Shatner however and found him to be honest and realistic in his portrayal.
Rating:  - A Study in Shatner
One reviewer here marvels at Shatner's ability to make such good fun of himself, and wonders if it's because Shatner has no ego at all, or an ego so big that nothing can touch it.
Others have given a synopsis of the film; I watched it for Shatner. Some are just born with the "American cool" gene -- McQueen had it, Bogie had it, Bugs Bunny had it (!), and shocking though the comparison may be, so does Shatner. It defies logic, but there it is. Some people are just "cool" without trying ... Read More
Rating:  - Could have been so much better!
Set up in part as a parody of Star Trek, comic books, Science Fiction and Horror movies and series, Free Enterprise brings to the screen the story of two geeky friends nearing their thirties as they go about their life with their every day problems, until one day they meet their number one hero, William Shatner, by chance and their whole world comes undone...
As a major fan of comics and Science fiction, I was rather disappointed with the film in that the actors' performances are not that great, ... Read More
Rating:  - Clerks For Trekkies But Not As Funny
Free Enterprise has it's moments, but it goes from straight out Trek comedy to a romantic drama/comedy with little references to Star Trek. The movie starts off with one kid trying to get into the theater to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture, while another kid in school is fighting a bully who is picking on him for wearing a gold Starfleet uniform like Kirk's. These two people grow up and become friends, and their dream comes true when they accidentally meet Shatner at a bookstore. After all of that, the ... Read More
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