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04/29/09
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
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Reviews Counted: 153
Fresh: 97
Rotten:56
Average Rating: 6/10
Consensus: Lucas needs to improve on the plot and character development, but there's plenty of eye candy to behold.
Theatrical Release:May 19, 1999 Wide
Synopsis: The first of three prequels to George Lucas's celebrated STAR WARS films, EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE is set some 30 years before the original STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE in the era of the... [More]
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd
Director: George Lucas
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10/18/08
Clearly there is something wrong with a film, when the loudest applause occurs as the curtain goes up, in anticipation of, rather than response to, what is being seen.
08/19/08
The visuals are indeed eye-popping, but I was left with no vested emotional tie to either story or characters.
08/07/08
The horror of Jar Jar Binks aside, there's plenty in Episode I to keep us entertained.
03/04/08
It's still a galaxy far, far away, and it still looks like nothing we've ever seen before.
07/14/07
Charmless, sexless, passionless and robot-humoured, it's preposterously uninvolving.
06/24/06
It's good to have Star Wars -- any Star Wars -- back after such a long time; and it's worth seeing.
05/26/06
Despite a shaky start and the presence of questionable elements throughout, by the time it arrives at its finale The Phantom Menace has won its place alongside the original Star Wars trilogy.
03/02/06
Lucas has protected his multibillion-dollar franchise by making a film targeted at children. It gives them exactly what they want--eye candy that moves at light speed.
11/04/05
What’s important to remember is that the better moments don’t merely balance out the weaker ones - they topple them.
05/20/05
What is most striking about Lucas' movies -- all his movies, including THX 1138 and American Graffiti -- is a sort of startling obviousness.
05/19/05
I must take issue with the intense backlash from other critics against the film.
01/15/05
No film made could measure up to the avalanche of buzz and craziness surrounding this release. There is plenty of both good and bad news here.
05/20/03
I enjoyed the film and feel that it established the foundation for many story elements that were curiously unexplained in the previous trilogy.
02/08/03
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01/29/03
Film franchises come and go all the time in Hollywood, particularly in science-fiction circles, but the Force is still strong in this one.
01/10/03
There are no romance, no humor, ultimately nobody to care about in this oddly sterile movie.
11/15/02
Top CriticLucas' films might not be very deep, but they're very complex and involving in a comic book kind of way.
09/10/02
Even with a pretty rotten crust the toppings are still delicious.
08/12/02
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