Details: 1999, USA, Cert U, 132 mins, Sci-fi, Dir: George Lucas
With: Ewan McGregor, Jake Lloyd, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Samuel L Jackson
Summary: The first of three prequels to the 1977 blockbuster and the most-hyped film of 1999. Jedi knights adopt a young boy, Anakin Skywalker, and try to train him to help defend galactic civilisation.
Philip French: It's all tricks and no magic, ingenuity without imagination. There is a pervasive flatness to the movie. The performers have no inner life and don't interact with one another
Peter Bradshaw: Phantom Menace is extraordinarily objectionable. It treats us like fans, not an audience. It takes our slavish consumer status for granted and does not feel the need to do any real work to engage us, to make us care about the story or the characters. It's all FX and merchandise
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