Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Kenneth Turan for Los Angeles Times — 27 Dec 2007
While the new film is certainly serviceable, it's noticeably lacking in warmth and humor, and though its visual strengths are real and considerable, from a dramatic point of view it's ponderous and plodding.
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This review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) was written by Kenneth Turan and published by Los Angeles Times on 27 Dec 2007.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace has generally received mixed reviews.
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