High-tech kid's film

Rating: 7/10 (28 May 1999)

The Phantom Menace is a kid's film. It can't really amount to any more than that with its puerile humour, shallow plot, throwaway dialogue and stunted characterization. Anyone who goes to this film expecting it to be anything more will be sorely disappointed (and there are a lot of you, it seems). I enjoyed the film for what it is. I went in knowing it would simply be a visual treat and the movie delivered, big time.