Review of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) by Christopher Machell for CineVue — 21 Dec 2019
The Rise of Skywalker offers us nothing but toadying supplication to the worst aspects of fan culture. There is no story to tell here, no characters to care about, no ideas to explore. The film is pure construct, a box built for its own sake, at long last opened with excruciating listlessness, revealing nothing but its own vapid emptiness.
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This review of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) was written by Christopher Machell and published by CineVue on 21 Dec 2019.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has generally received positive reviews.
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