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Burdened by exposition and populated with stock characters, The Phantom Menace gets the Star Wars prequels off to a bumpy -- albeit visually dazzling -- start.
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The movie is fun, for the most part, and several scenes are as good or better than anything Lucas created in the original films. The human characters, however, are not nearly as interesting as those in the earlier episodes. December 14, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The movie is fun, for the most part, and several scenes are as good or better than anything Lucas created in the original films. The human characters, however, are not nearly as interesting as those in the earlier episodes.
Joe Holleman
Do kids really want to follow a plot about intergalactic trade embargoes? November 16, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Do kids really want to follow a plot about intergalactic trade embargoes?
Kate Muir
The visual effects in The Phantom Menace are so good that you find yourself not caring very much about Qui-Gon's prophetic murmurings. November 16, 2015 | Full Review…
The visual effects in The Phantom Menace are so good that you find yourself not caring very much about Qui-Gon's prophetic murmurings.
Andrew O'Hagan
What I can't comprehend is why the political details had to be so tedious and abstract. Will the kids of our nation and the world truly be titillated by trade wars and the spectacle of a do-nothing Senate? November 16, 2015
What I can't comprehend is why the political details had to be so tedious and abstract. Will the kids of our nation and the world truly be titillated by trade wars and the spectacle of a do-nothing Senate?
Joe Morgenstern
Look, I wanted to love The Phantom Menace, too. I was an adolescent boy and would enjoy being one again for a couple of hours. But the movie has a way of deflating all but the most delusional of hopes. November 16, 2015 | Full Review…
Look, I wanted to love The Phantom Menace, too. I was an adolescent boy and would enjoy being one again for a couple of hours. But the movie has a way of deflating all but the most delusional of hopes.
David Edelstein
Mr. Lucas is not without a certain technocratic sagacity, but I don't think he's communicating even with the young as astutely as he once did. November 16, 2015 | Full Review…
Mr. Lucas is not without a certain technocratic sagacity, but I don't think he's communicating even with the young as astutely as he once did.
Andrew Sarris
An amazingly disappointing film experience. September 24, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/4.0 | Full Review…
An amazingly disappointing film experience.
Richard Propes
Despite the repetitiveness and subpar feeling existing in just about every aspect, there's still fun to be had with the lightsaber dueling and space battles. September 24, 2020 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…
Despite the repetitiveness and subpar feeling existing in just about every aspect, there's still fun to be had with the lightsaber dueling and space battles.
Mike Massie
It just goes on and on, without generating suspense or building excitement. June 4, 2020 | Full Review…
It just goes on and on, without generating suspense or building excitement.
Rick Kisonak
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace gives us a great set up for what is to come in the future with Anakin & Palpatine. And for that, I am thankful. The rest is not great. December 27, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace gives us a great set up for what is to come in the future with Anakin & Palpatine. And for that, I am thankful. The rest is not great.
Tessa Smith
The Phantom Menace instead is a bold announcement that the new films will do their best to try something new every time. They won't always succeed, but even in failure there is glory. December 20, 2019 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
The Phantom Menace instead is a bold announcement that the new films will do their best to try something new every time. They won't always succeed, but even in failure there is glory.
Joshua Starnes
The dialogue isn't the issue; the acting isn't really the issue; nor is it any single annoying character... There's no sense of wonder. No yearning. No spirit. December 20, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The dialogue isn't the issue; the acting isn't really the issue; nor is it any single annoying character... There's no sense of wonder. No yearning. No spirit.
Adam Kempenaar
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