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  • Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace
  • Opened May 19, 1999 | Runtime:2 hr. 13 min.
  • PG
    Sci-Fi Violence and Sci-Fi Action
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 8+. Read More
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) ; Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a 9-year-old boy. When Read More
  • Cast: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Pernilla August
  • Director: George Lucas
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace Recent Fan Reviews

  • So-so

    Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace

    by zeugma

    It goes without saying that this is/was the worst of the Star Wars saga films. Universally bad acting, even worse than episodes 4-6, and that there is a serious gap in the story line in the mystery fatherhood (imacculate conception?) of "Annie"--good grief!--Skywalker. Too bad to we have to suffer this as the first of the re-mastered 3D run.

    The rendering of the film into the new format was very good until the final sword fight between the Sith and the two Jedi. It seemed to go flat at that point. I realize that there was a lot going on in those scenes, but really. It was rich, and begging for the full 3D effect as witnessed in the opening scenes, which were absolutely fantastic in 3D, as was much of the rest of the film.

    So, I would say if you are truly a Star Wars fan, as I am, and have been to each of the films on opening day since a time long, long ago, please do treat yourself to seeing the whole series in this new format. Otherwise by a 3D TV, and wait for the DVD.

  • Go

    Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace review

    its pretty good. i thought it would be a disaster but it turned out ok. i think it is good becuz it introduces the origins of star wars.

  • Go

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    Ahahah....i know that's probably the original year it came out, but still...ahahah...it says 1999 rather than 2012...hehhe :3 STARWARSILOVEYOUAhahah....i know that's probably the original year it came out, but still...ahahah...it says 1999 rather than 2012...hehhe :3 STARWARSILOVEYOU<3

Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    An astonishing achievement in imaginative filmmaking.

  • 80
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    It's up to snuff. It sustains the gee-whiz spirit of the series.

  • 75
    USA Today | Susan Wloszczyna

    Let the killjoys squawk. Lucas has proved he has the Naboos to pull it off...

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Fails to recapture the elemental magic of Star Wars, and that, ironically, is...

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