Overall could be worse

Rating: 8/10 (10 May 2020)

Personally I have nothing against The Phantom Menace, when I used to watch it I used to have a light sabre and pretend to be a Jedi when the fights were going on. To me it's just not a good film for kids because the story is just to grown up for them to follow. So for them the highlights are going to be the battles and the podrace 1/2 way through. The acting overall I would say was just "meh could be a lot better".
Some of the characters were insane in terms of being cool to kids like Darth Maul or Qui Gon Jinn or Obi Wan Kenobi but some are just flat out boring like Anakin Skywalker or Padme but none of the characters beat the iconically poor Jar Jar Binks.
Other things the film got right were the fact that it extended the galaxy from the planets we saw in The Original Trilogy and the musical score. But like I have said before the main things the film has got wrong are the story as it wasnt great for kids, the pacing, most of the characters and the writing.
But if you are a Star Wars fan it's still a solid film to the Star Wars Prequel trilogy