Resurrected Hollywood

Rating: 10/10 (13 November 1999)

Although alternately panned and hailed for many of the same reasons (cast, pace, story, acting) the truth is that Star Wars brought audiences back into the theaters at a time when they needed to escape and to cheer. It's easy to be cynical and blase about it 22 years later, but it will always rank as one of the best of Hollywood(and non-Hollywood), whether others want it to or not. The line in the trailer for Lucas' American Graffiti reads 'Where Were You in '62?...'. Now people ask 'Where were you in '77?', when it became fun to go to the movies again.