Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 19, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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15
Mixed:
15
Negative:
6
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30
Film.comTom Keogh
It's a complete drag.
30
Film.comRobert Horton
Computer technology may be the actual phantom menace, after all.
20
SlateDavid Edelstein
George Lucas does it his way in the pallid Phantom Menace. Even cultists will wish he'd hired a director and some writers. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
This ain't no movie. It's a very long, very tedious infomercial for Phantom Menace action figures, on sale now at a Target or Toys "R" Us near you. Read full review
20
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
The Phantom Menace is simply a billboard for itself. Anyone who sees it will be experiencing it for the second time. The hype was not about the movie, the hype was the movie. Read full review
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Slant MagazineCalum Marsh
It's difficult to discern precisely where this all went wrong, and even more difficult to speculate about possible improvements. Read full review
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