Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

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Critics' Reviews

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Time: Richard Corliss
An exhilarating two hours of serious fun.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
As for the breathless 45-minute climax, no screen fantasy adventure in memory can match the showmanship.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
In a time when, more often than not, sequels disappoint, it's refreshing to uncover something this high-profile that fulfils the promise of its name and adds another title to a storied legacy.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
The dark fantasist in Lucas makes a comeback after years of once-over-lightly.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Renee Graham
One roots for Lucas to get the next film sorted out, and to resurrect the humanity and soul that first made so many fall in love a long time ago with that galaxy far, far away.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Clones makes the Frodo-speak of "Lord of the Rings" sound like Noel Coward.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Here we are again: not entertained, not nearly enough, by an installment of the ''Star Wars'' epic that, for the first time, exhibits symptoms of...nerves. And a chill, conservative grimness of purpose, rather than an excited thrill at the possibilities of cinematic storytelling.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
A decidedly mixed bag.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
The scale of the enterprise is thrilling; it's too bad the movie is so muddled on so many different levels.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
It is not what's there on the screen that disappoints me, but what's not there.Read Full Review »
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