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Movie Overview
Cast
Liam Neeson
Ewan McGregor
Natalie Portman
Director
George Lucas
MPAA Rating
PG - for sci-fi action/violence.
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
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"The movie’s visual artstry amazed me."
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Betty Jo Tucker
C-
"Overwhelmed by digital effects and watered down for children... the narrative structure is just awful"
AboutFilm.com
Carlo Cavagna
3.5/5
"Finally someone has crossed the line where reality and fantasy are indistinguishable!"
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
4/5
"What’s important to remember is that the better moments don’t merely balance out the weaker ones - they topple them."
eFilmCritic.com
David Cornelius
3.5/4
"Only time will tell if this movie deserves to be connected to the last three episodes, or, for that matter, if the final three episodes deserve to be connected to this one."
Cinemaphile.org
David Keyes
2.5/4
"It's a frenetic visual feast indeed; there's nothing quite like it in the galaxy."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
David N. Butterworth
B
"A very pleasing technical accomplishment."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
B
"Let the movie speak to the child inside you -- the child that is still optimistic and that still believes in magic."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
3.5/4
"It works as an action flick, visually eye-popping and often paralyzingly exciting; it also works as an elicitor of memories, a piece of exquisite nostalgia."
Film Blather
Eugene Novikov
"Lucas has fashioned a fascinating pluriverse of outer space works filled with strange and amazing creatures and special effects."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
3.5/4
"A testimony to how far special effects have come."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
3.5/4
"The visual imagery comes off the screen in leaps and bounds, and it allows Lucas the freedom to construct intricately detailed action sequences that put the audience right in the action."
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
3/4
"An old-fashioned epic and like epics of yore it supplies its audiences with enough spectacle and awe."
Sci-Fi Movie Page
James O'Ehley
"The end result looks like a great video game, but is as cold and emotionless as the computers that spit it out."
Screen It!
Jim Judy
8/10
"This movie is a perfect example of why the word 'eye-candy' was invented."
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo
2.5/4
"It's still a galaxy far, far away, and it still looks like nothing we've ever seen before."
Big Picture Big Sound
Joe Lozito
6/10
"...not in the same league as the original
Star Wars
. But, then, it was never meant to be."
DVDTown.com
John J. Puccio
"Was I disappointed? A little. Am I going to see it again? Yes. Two more times? Probably."
Planet Sick-Boy
Jon Popick
3.5/4
"Perfecto ejemplo de cómo la imaginación puede traspasar fronteras y edades"
Moviola
Jorge Avila Andrade
3/4
"Lucas' films might not be very deep, but they're very complex and involving in a comic book kind of way."
Montreal Film Journal
Kevin N. Laforest
B
"as a film it's a warmed over, albeit technically superior, rehash of sights and concepts we've seen before."
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
8/10
"Episodio I tuvo la virtud de juntar a dos generaciones en un mismo fenómeno"
Cinenganos
Luis Martinez
8/10
"There's plenty to look at!"
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
3/4
"This entry into the Star Wars saga does the originals justice in terms of heart, action, and fun."
Movie Habit
Marty Mapes
6/10
"Very rewarding for devoted fans, chock full of delightful references and allusions and parallels to the first trilogy that pay off handsomely the multiple viewings of the originals we've enjoyed over the years."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
3.5/4
"Exceptionally well-made, highly imaginative."
Mr. Brown's Movies
Michael Dequina
3.5/4
"This is a film made for the fans. On that level, it doesn't disappoint."
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
4/5
"It exactly has the same strengths and weaknesses as the original three, plus breathtakingly spectacular visual design and special effects."
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Nell Minow
3/5
"Se este fosse o primeiro episódio da série a chegar aos cinemas, ela não teria alcançado o status e a longevidade que conseguiu nos últimos 20 anos."
Cinema em Cena
Pablo Villaca
4/5
"It's not perfect ... but it's still fantastic."
Shadows on the Wall
Rich Cline
B+
"
The Phantom Menace
opened to the exact same complaints as its now canonical predecessor. Only this time, its very real assets have been almost completely dismissed."
Flipside Movie Emporium
Rob Vaux
3/4
"It isn't the best in the series, but it delivers about what you would expect."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
9/10
"Decide for yourself."
eFilmCritic.com
Scott Weinberg
"By purporting to be yet-another-episode in a larger saga it has franchised itself, a thought that is sure to get the critical bile rising"
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Shane Burridge
B-
"Lucas at his visionary best and at his maddening worst."
Decent Films Guide
Steven D. Greydanus
10/10
"Not only is it a fanciful phenomenon but it's also the most eye-popping spectacular special-effects picture ever made as George Lucas integrates the fantasy of computer imagery with reality."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Susan Granger
7/10
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Film Freak Central
Bill Chambers
2.5/4
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Dustin Putman
6/10
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Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
2.5/4
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Oscar Guy
Wesley Lovell
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rec.arts.movies.reviews
Jonathan F. Richards
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3BlackChicks Review
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
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Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
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