Written March 25, 2009
Original buzz:
Great movie, not just for Star Wars fans
Certainly not a flick for the general public, but a funny, touching send-up of Star Wars nonetheless. There were plenty of in-jokes only SW fans will get, but you don't have to be a uber-fan to enjoy it (one of my friends who came with me doesn't know anything about Star Wars and she liked it), and there's plenty of non-SW and non-geek jokes (a few too many dumb sex jokes for my tastes, actually, but I blame Darth Weinstein for that). It does fall back on most of the typical roadtrip movie cliches, but most of them are at least done with a SW twist and some are quite hilarious. As for the much-debated cancer 'subplot', as glad as I am that they left it in, it's a little sad towards the end (Linus was my favorite character, and the best-acted in my opinion). But it ends on a happy note, and was well done for what it is. Great movie that deserved a lot more attention than it's getting.
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