Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) by Anthony Lane for The New Yorker — 30 Dec 2015
By temperament, Abrams is more of a Spielbergian than he is a Lucasite. His visual wit may not be, as it is for Spielberg, a near-magical reflex, but nor is Abrams suckered into bombast by technological zeal, as Lucas has been, and the new movie, as an act of pure storytelling, streams by with fluency and zip.
To sum up: “Star Wars” was broke, and it did need fixing. And here is the answer.
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This review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) was written by Anthony Lane and published by The New Yorker on 30 Dec 2015.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has generally received very positive reviews.
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