Good, clean action-packed fun!

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 1999)

If you're looking for deep philosophical meaning, see an old Bergman or a Fellini film. However, if you want a good, old-fashioned, Saturday-morning serial with thrills, chills, spills, and a galaxy of interesting and entertaining creatures, see the Phantom Menace. The Star Wars saga was, is, and I hope always will be comic book science fiction rendered with state-of the-art cinematic technology. Congratulations, George, on bringing us another wonderful installment in the trilogy of trilogies. Make the jump to light speed, and bring on Episode II.