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(1 - 43) of 43 OFCS Rating: 90% Fresh Page   1   "The movie’s visual artstry amazed me."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 7/10 "I'd have to say it's a better picture than Return of the Jedi while falling into the same third-act trap of juxtaposing a terrific swordfight with boring, slapstick scenes of combat."   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers 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 2.5/4 "Flawed as it is, The Phantom Menace captured my imagination and I enjoyed it."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 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 6/10 "Phantom is 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 "Clearly there is something wrong with a film, when the loudest applause occurs as the curtain goes up, in anticipation of, rather than response to, what is being seen."   ESplatter   Steve Biodrowski 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 2.5/4 Read review   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Jonathan F. Richards Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 43) of 43 OFCS Rating: 90% Fresh Page   1