Roger Ebert gave the film four stars in his original review, believing the film "succeeds magnificently on a cosmic scale."

On at least one of these points the series failed miserably, but, certainly when it came to entertainment, it succeeded magnificently".

The spacecraft succeeded magnificently, advancing planetary science by vast leaps.

His actions made it likely the book would either fail miserably or succeed magnificently.

Carr tried to protest that he was not good enough, but in the event he succeeded magnificently, scoring 82 from number eight in the order.

The redeeming factor is, they succeeded magnificently.

"I'm sure you will succeed magnificently," he said.

But you succeeded magnificently, doing what the specialists themselves said couldn't be done.

So Mike McQuay was commissioned to do all the hard work, and he succeeded magnificently.

"There could be no doubt that 'Lost in the Stars' succeeded magnificently," he said.