I expected to be disappointed, but thoroughly enjoyed it

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2019)

Yes, I'm a fan, and a mom of three kids (10, 13 and 16) who are too, but we aren't forgiving of bad storytelling and stupid humor (Last Jedi and Phantom Menace, I'm looking at you). This WAS a fun movie! The story works, there are some cool ah-ha moments, well-handled drama, amazing space battles and fight choreography. Good new characters, good use of humor (seriously, I only rolled my eyes twice!). We drove nearly 3 hours each way to see it last night, and all the way home, our kids were pumped, going on and on about all kinds of small details they enjoyed, and all of us genuinely surprised it wasn't terrible! So if you are a Star Wars person, go see it! It's totally worth the theatre trip.