The Washington Post, Michael O'Sullivan,

Washington City paper/Weekend,

The Calgary Herald,

"Forget 'The Phantom Menace.' 'Trekkies' rules the galaxy and Jar Jar Binks can eat Captain James T. Kirk's shorts. ... a hilarious new documentary by Roger Nygard, where the space in question isn't outer but inner--the space between the ears of your average, obsessional 'Star Trek' fan. ...don't be afraid that 'Trekkies' wants to poke fun at you or the object of your affection. It does, of course, but in a way that is so respectful and affectionate about these fixations that no one--with the possible exception of the institutionalized--could take offense. ... In newspaper and television reports from the time, [Barbara] Adams seemed to be suffering from possibly dangerous derangement, but Nygard's nonjudgemental interviews with her and her print-shop co-workers in Little Rock, Ark., make her seem rather...normal. A little bit odd, yes, but sane. ... On a heavier note, James Doohan...tells a surprisingly moving anecdote about once saving the life of a suicidal fan. In almost any other context and from any other star, the tale would probably come out sou'nding like self-aggrandizing poppycock, but here it produced an audible gasp from the audience at a recent screening. It's a powerful and strangely stirring note in a film that is otherwise so riotous that one guffaw frequently drowns out the next laugh line. But it's also the most telling moment in the whole undertaking, which succeeds precisely because Nygard understands that, for Trekkies as well as unenlightened others, the power of the imagination to transform a drab life ought to be taken very seriously indeed."