Fantastic Starting point for the Star Wars saga.

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 1999)

I LOVED it.
Eye Candy is the key here; the critics are right in that the plot is not deep at all, and it can be very obscure what motivates the characters to do what they do, etc. so character development is also shallow.
But as far as how well it takes you in and makes you part of its "reality" for 2+ hours, it does that very well. Like when I saw Jurassic Park, I had to spend at least 30 minutes after the movie getting back into my own reality...