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| George Lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension. |
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| (Victoria Alexander, Filmsinreview.com) |
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| George Lucas returns to form in the highly exhilarating and enjoyable Episode II: Attack of the Clones. |
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| (Michael Elliott, Movie Parables) |
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| Impeccable visuals, intriguing characters, awesome action sequences, a surprising romance and a generally more ‘adult’ feel. |
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| (Berge Garabedian, Jo Blo’s Movie Emporium) |
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| As the story congeals you feel the pieces of the Star Wars saga falling into place in a way that makes your spine tingle with revelation and excitement. |
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| (Rob Blackwelder, Splicedwire) |
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| An exhilarating two hours of serious fun. |
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| (Richard Corliss, Time) |
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| George Lucas has reached deep into the trove of his self-generated mythological world to produce a grand entertainment that offers a satisfying balance among the series' epic, narrative, technological and emotional qualities. |
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| (Todd McCarthy, Variety) |
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| Christensen shines at the centre; at first he seems arrogant and mean-spirited, but both his performance and the script deepen considerably until we can understand why Padme falls for him. Portman and McGregor settle brilliantly into their roles, complex people caught up in increasingly portentous events. Other returning cast members get the chance to broaden their characters as well. And new characters are fascinating, each bringing a saga-defining revelation (Lee's role is perhaps a bit too reminiscent of his work in The Lord of the Rings, but he's still great). There are even surprises in store for fans of Threepio, Artoo and most of all Yoda, who's computer generated for the first time (and it shows). Best of all, the film has that Star Wars atmosphere fully in place, complete with a thematic resonance and a reliance on strong personalities interacting to drive the events forward. It's going to be a long three years' wait for Episode III. |
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| (Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall) |
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| Funny, complex and enormous fun. ***** |
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| (Chris Hewitt, Empire) |
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| This movie is an improvement on the execrable Phantom Menace: never less than a watchable, entertaining spectacle. Its attempt at complexity and ambiguity is engaging, even admirable. |
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| (Peter Bradshaw, Guardian) |
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| Start celebrating! This inter-galactic masterpiece boldly goes where no sci-fi film has gone before. Nothing - not the trailers, not the previous Star Wars movies, not even your own imagination in hyper-drive - can prepare you for the sheer scale of this superb spectacle. It also sees Ewan McGregor claim the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi as his own. He is, and I never thought I’d write this sentence, even better than Sir Alec Guinness. |
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| (Paul Ross, News of the World) |
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