It's exactly the big fix of Saturday-matinee adventure, blazing special effects, inside humor and sly self-references for which its fans have been lusting.
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05/15/02
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
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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
161 - 180 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
George, hire a real director and good writers for the next installment, please.
05/15/02
The computer generated sets may amaze, and computer-generated characters blend seamlessly with live actors. But it is the return of the humans that makes Clones work.
05/15/02
A rollicking ride, with jaw-dropping action sequences, striking villains, a gorgeous color palette, astounding technology, stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending.
05/15/02
Attack of the Clones is a triumph of technology over humanity, and if it falls short of a completely fulfilling experience, it also achieves the kind of primal emotion movies were invented for: wonder.
05/15/02
It may not be a perfect film, but Attack of the Clones is close to what we've come to expect from a Star Wars movie.
05/15/02
The film isn't without flaws -- acting is wooden early on, at least one action scene could be cut and certain computer effects look phony. But it's worthy of this compliment: Clones is a real Star Wars movie.
05/15/02
The saga regains its grandeur with a complicated but easy-to-follow story. The characters are as satisfying as the effects.
05/15/02
Too close to Phantom Menace for comfort.
05/15/02
Star Wars is back in a major way.
05/15/02
Lucas may have the tin ear for dialogue of a dime-store pulp novelist, but he's still got the visionary eye of a technological Tolkien…
05/15/02
If you’re not a long-standing admirer there’s little reason to join the queues on opening night.
05/15/02
The words ‘star wars’ set off an ingrained Pavlovian reaction to embrace unconditionally. You might as well ask me to critique my mother.
05/14/02
Lucas has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap, graceless, hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s.
05/14/02
Matches and even trumps some of the finer elements of the original, revered sci-fi adventures.
05/14/02
The persistent shadow of Darth Vader is the most interesting aspect in a movie that fails to live up to its potential.
05/14/02
It's a lot of fun and there's a lot of great action sequences.
05/13/02
For those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated effects, the new Star Wars installment hasn't escaped the rut dug by the last one.
05/13/02
This movie should thoroughly please old fans and even create new ones, even if it probably won't win over critics who believe the series has turned into the movie equivalent of a slick, vacuous theme park.
05/13/02
The picture looks absolutely gorgeous...but quite simply, it's difficult to decide what's flatter--Lucas' helming or his writing.
05/13/02
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