Isn't it sad that these movies no longer sweep us away, but force us to sit making mental checklists of what George Lucas has done right and what he has done wrong?
Comment
05/21/02
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
66
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:216
Fresh:143
Rotten:73
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Containing more of what made the Star Wars series fun, Attack of the Clones is an improvement over The Phantom Menace.
Runtime: 2 hrs 22 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In the second installment of the Star Wars series, EPISODE II--ATTACK OF THE CLONES, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) is now a teenage Jedi apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor).... [More]
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Frank Oz
Director: George Lucas
Reviews for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
1 - 20 (sorted by rotten rating; UK critics are listed first)
The special effects are remarkable, yet somehow numbing, and the film only partly lives up to the promise in the title of Lucas's company, Industrial Light and Magic.
03/05/08
Christensen is a winning mix of sultry and sulky as the now older Anakin, while McGregor is finally beginning to relax as the mentor who understandably refuses to treat his moody pupil like a grown-up.
06/24/06
Top CriticIs it as good as the original trilogy? No. But, as we move closer to understanding how these people become those people, it's clear that Lucas' storytelling powers are gathering force.
05/15/02
Top CriticFunny, complex and enormous fun.
05/10/02
Top CriticConsistently thrilling and massively enjoyable, Clones redeems Lucas' reputation after Menace.
05/14/02
Top CriticMakes The Phantom Menace seem like one long clearing of the throat before Lucas could begin to tell the real story.
05/14/02
Top CriticMakes The Phantom Menace seem like one long clearing of the throat before Lucas could begin to tell the real story.
08/13/08
Top CriticStar Wars fans, prepare to weep with joy.
10/30/02
Enjoyable stuff, and a new, if short-lived, hope.
05/10/02
Top CriticChristensen shines at the centre.
05/12/02
Lucas has delivered new worlds, characters, and creatures but has left in little of the humor that sparkled throughout the original Star Wars.
12/17/02
I'm tempted to quote an evergreen Public Enemy song: don't believe the hype.
05/09/02
Top CriticThis didn't feel like Star Wars. It felt like a movie ripping off Star Wars. Something wasn't right.
05/16/02
It starts off briskly with some fantastic special effects and a great high-speed chase but then founders on the shores of bad script writing.
07/04/09
How I wish I could say something other than ho-hum.
04/05/03
You will most likely end up sitting through this latest installment - even if the series has become a shadow of its former self
03/19/03
Mostly it flatlines.
06/05/02
Preposterous love story aside, Clones is really not that bad.
06/01/02
A riot of sterility, with planetscape after stunning planetscape swallowing up its characters and their petty concerns.
05/26/02
Latest News for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the...
July 23, 2008:
Lucas Taking Star Wars 3-D? 
According to DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, George Lucas is prepping 3-D versions of all six episodes in the Star Wars saga. More...
February 12, 2008:
George Lucas Bringing 3D Star Wars: The Clone Wars to Theaters
George Lucas' 3D CGI continuation of the Star Wars saga isn't just coming to television this fall -- the new series will kick-off this summer with a full-length theatrical release. More...
October 17, 2007:
Lucas Talks Star Wars TV Series
Three decades after taking theatrical audiences to a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas is preparing to bring the Star Wars universe to the small screen. More...
May 15, 2007:
ILM Joins the "Iron Man" Team
In an effort to bring you absolutely every single piece of available "Iron Man" news, there's this: ILM was just hired to do all the fancy effects work. More...
What’s Hot On RT
Other News
Fresh Links
Featured
RT on YouTube
Subscribe to RT's YouTube channel and don't miss a second of our cracking video content.
RT on Twitter
Follow Rotten Tomatoes and join us as we tweet about the week's releases.
RSS Feeds