Flawed but great fun

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 1999)

One thing for sure: The Phantom Menace is not the greatest film of all time...what it is though is a flawed but exciting summer blockbuster with dazzling special effects and thrilling action sequences. OK, taken as it is, it has some weaknesses, namely inane dialogue and mediocre acting from some of the world's finest: a consequence of 'placing' special effects in front of the actors. It would surely won a dozen of Oscars on the technical side of things that's for sure. Anyway, I do consider the Phantom Menace as one of the 'best' summer blockbusters in recent years and something which I'll see a couple of times. (7.5/10)