It moves fast, conquers armies, kicks into hyperspace and spits out idiotic quips with unapologetic cartoon brio.
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10/18/08
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The Clone Wars (2008)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:3
Rotten:22
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas' once great franchise.
Theatrical Release:Aug 15, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $35,089,551
Synopsis: On the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala, along with... [More]
Starring: Ian Abercrombie, Anthony Daniels, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee
Director: Dave Filoni
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Reviews for The Clone Wars
Top CriticThe visuals are worthy, but the big screen brings the movie's script shortcomings and pacing problems into sharper relief.
10/18/08
Top CriticStar Wars: The Clone Wars comes as something of a surprise: it isn’t the most painful movie of the year!
08/19/08
Top CriticOne of the more mediocre entries in the entire Star Wars catalogue.
08/18/08
Top CriticVisually busy and visually forgettable, with a less than engaging story line, and characters who look like anime figures and move like the denizens of Geppetto's workshop, Wars will appeal only to the most tolerant, galactically minded children.
08/15/08
Top CriticThe story lacks narrative tension. The dialogue is stilted and overblown, a problem also in some of the live-action incarnations. That, combined with visuals that consistently lack punch, leaves little to engage us.
08/15/08
Top CriticPretty much drives a stake into the heart of every loyal fan of the movies. And now he's out to stick it to those too young to know about Jar Jar Binks.
08/15/08
Top CriticThe movie gets more cluttered and confused as it moves along, though it's dotted with so many generic battle scenes and paint-by-numbers light-saber combat sequences that you can see how it's at least attempting to mimic the illusion of excitement.
08/15/08
Top CriticThe Lucas universe once held a special magic, but The Clone Wars makes that feel like a long time ago in a theater far, far away.
08/15/08
Top CriticThe females all look like they've had work done. Who knew that to make it in the movies, even cartoon characters have to have plastic surgeons!
08/15/08
Top CriticA noisy, hectic and largely unthrilling adventure.
08/15/08
Top CriticGeorge Lucas is turning into the enemy of fun.
08/15/08
Top CriticThe saddest attempt yet to capitalize on the success of George Lucas' original sci-fi epic.
08/15/08
Top CriticHas it come to this? Has the magical impact of George Lucas' original vision of Star Wars been reduced to the level of Saturday morning animation?
08/15/08
Top CriticWithout the grandiose narrative structure of the six live-action releases, this feels even more pointless, a mechanical attempt to milk the kids for every last dime.
08/15/08
Top CriticThe latest example of how the franchise keeps frustratingly spurning the magical simplicity of the original trilogy.
08/15/08
Top CriticClone Wars was executive-produced by George Lucas, who may be feeling a tad sheepish about the results.
08/15/08
Top CriticThis one shucks off all pretense that Star Wars has a wonderfully universal appeal and instead unfolds with all the entertainment value of watching somebody else play a video game.
08/14/08
Top CriticThe best that can be said about the movie is that it's harmless and mostly charmless. The Clone Wars is to Star Wars what karaoke is to pop music.
08/14/08
Top CriticGeorge, if this is the best you can do, please give us Star Wars: The Final Tie-In soon.
08/14/08
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September 26, 2008:
The Clone Wars TV Series to Launch in UK on Sky Movies
UK Star Wars fans will be able to see the Clone Wars series, launched earlier this year with a full-length CG movie, on Sky Movies. More...
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