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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Ain't It Cool News Harry Knowles "Lucas succeeds with the film beyond my wildest dreams." more... A   Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "...just doesn't cut it." more... C+ BBC Danny Graydon "...focused and richly dramatic..." more... A   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "... a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight." more... C+ Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...the most visually spectacular and exciting of all Star Wars movies to date." more... A- Cincinnati Enquirer Margaret A. McGurk "...falls short of the magical thrills that made the first three installments so beloved." more... B   Detroit Free-Press Terry Lawson "...disappointing..." more... C+ filmcritic.com Christopher Null "...still won't hold a candle to the earlier films." more... B   Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt "...Lucas still struggles to replicate the spirit of fun and adventure..." more... C+ Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez "...a triumph of technology over humanity..." more... B   New York Post Lou Lumenick "...huge fun that should stand up to repeated viewing..." more... A- ReelViews James Berardinelli "... it's refreshing to uncover something this high-profile that fulfils the promise of its name..." more... A- San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "...lively enough to maintain interest for about half its running time." more... C   Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...it's hard not to enjoy and marvel at the film's sheer novelistic density." more... B+ Slant Magazine Ed Gonzalez "...not much better (than The Phantom Menace)..." more... C+ Time Magazine Richard Corliss "...a nice sense of doom crawls up the spine of the narrative." more... B+ USA Today Mike Clark "No screen fantasy-adventure in recent memory has the showmanship of Clones' last 45 minutes." more... B+ Village Voice Michael Atkinson "...a nominal improvement (over Episode I)... more... C- Washington Post Stephen Hunter " It's too long, it's too dull, it's too lame." more... D+ * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)