Lakeland Movies - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Runtime: 131 minutes
Starring:
Ewan McGregor , Liam Neeson , Natalie Portman , Jake Lloyd , Pernilla August
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Reviews - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- McClatchy-Tribune News Service - We don't want to remember it's pretty bad. Then we do. read full review
- Newsday - "Star Wars: Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace" got dismissive reviews in 1999, and it deserves the same today. But you probably know that. read full review
- Newark Star-Ledger - You realize how much humor Harrison Ford brought to things; without him, at times the movie itself feels frozen in Carbonite. read full review
- CNN.com - There are no romance, no humor, ultimately nobody to care about in this oddly sterile movie. read full review
- Globe and Mail - It does the job just fine. That job, as director George Lucas freely admits, is quite simply to thrill the beating hearts and the inquiring minds of 12-year-old boys. read full review
- Chicago Tribune - After waiting 16 years for the overture to this epic saga, this is what we get? An in-progress trade war? read full review
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Too bad writer-director Lucas left out the gee-whiz enthusiasm of the original movies. He also left out memorable characters. He left out the fun. read full review
- New York Magazine - Creating a so-called modern legend, droning on about The Force and all the rest of it, is no substitute for the full engagement of our senses. read full review
- Sacramento Bee - More shrewd showman than a great filmmaker, Lucas employs these effects to create a total fantasy universe. read full review
- Film.com - A terrific piece of visual entertainment! read full review
- Chicago Reader - Though I've been bored senseless by the Star Wars phenomenon for over two decades, I found The Phantom Menace something of a pleasant surprise. read full review
- Film.com - An absolute disaster! read full review
- Film.com - Incomplete, but still fun. read full review
- Film.com - This film has a strange air of nada about it. read full review
- Variety - It is neither captivating nor transporting, for it lacks any emotional pull, as well as the sense of wonder and awe that marks the best works of sci-fi/fantasy. read full review
- Chicago Sun-Times - There is a sense of discovery in scene after scene of The Phantom Menace. read full review
- Film.com - Story. Character. They used to mean something to George Lucas. read full review
- Detroit News - Visually dazzling, inventive beyond imagining and full of resonant detail that recalls stories told or hints at those to come! read full review
- Entertainment Weekly - Spectacular yet remote. read full review
- Chicago Tribune - A highly entertaining and visually breathtaking movie, capable at times of rocking and delighting you. read full review
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