Trailer was better than the movie ...

Rating: Null/10 (7 May 1999)

Maybe the commercials got me too hyped - or maybe I am just too excited about The Phantom Menace, but this film wasn't what I was hoping for.
Let's face it - they tried a bit hard to make it a 'PG-13' film. This sort of film really needed the content and rating of 'R' before it would have shined. The character slapstick was often 'too slapstick' to be funny (making it feel far too PG-13ish for what the trailers led me to believe) and while the occasional humor was appreciated, there was a bit much for a movie like this.
Glaring little things popping up also distracted me from the film (the obvious Small Pox vaccine scar and the 'desert nomad' having whiter teeth than me).
Don't get me wrong - the movie wasn't BAD. It just wasn't the hype. The pre-title sequence in ancient Egypt are almost worth the price of admission and the FX won't make you gasp most of the time, but has some great treats.

Overall - dollar theater or new release renter in my humble opinion, but maybe a director's cut DVD will make up for it.'