The most fun I've had at a movie in years!

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2002)

I remember the first time I saw "Star Wars" - I was 11 years old and living in small-town Iowa. The moment the closing credits music ended and the lights came up, I knew my life would never be the same. Now I'm 36 and a jaded New Yorker, but for two and a half hours early Thursday morning, I was a kid again - thrilled to be discovering a new visual vocabulary courtesy of George Lucas, and amazed to be able to just have FUN at a movie! Say what you will about some of the dialog or a few line readings, it doesn't matter. This is "Star Wars," in all its glory - action, laughs, jaw-dropping effects, and lots of good old-fashioned cheese. I wouldn't have it any other way.