Rotten
This time the exposition is so thick that everyone except acolytes may tune out.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
A Jedi shall not know anger. Nor hatred. Nor love.
2002 · 2h 22m · PG
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
George Lucas
Overview
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.
Director and cast
- George Lucas Director
- Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan Kenobi
- Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker
- Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala
- Christopher Lee as Count Dooku
- Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu
- Frank Oz as Yoda (voice)
- Ian McDiarmid as Chancellor Palpatine
- Pernilla August as Shmi Skywalker
- Anthony Daniels Cast
- Temuera Morrison Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Lucas has never been able to conjure another Han Solo, a character who could, with simply a wink, remind us that this was just an overgrown Saturday afternoon serial.
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
Rotten
The good news? Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones is eons better than Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace. The bad news? It's still not very good.
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
A commendable example of the sort of movie we once loved and then outgrew.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
The scale of the enterprise is thrilling; it's too bad the movie is so muddled on so many different levels.
David Edelstein, Slate
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