Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

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Released May 16, 2002

2h 23m

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Adventure

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Fantasy

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Set ten years after the events of "The Phantom Menace," the Republic continues to be mired in strife and chaos. A separatist movement encompassing hundreds of planets and powerful corporate alliances poses new threats to the galaxy that even the Jedi cannot stem. These moves, long planned by an as yet unrevealed and powerful force, lead to the beginning of the Clone Wars -- and the beginning of the end of the Republic.

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Critics Consensus

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones benefits from an increased emphasis on thrilling action, although it's undercut by ponderous plot points and underdeveloped characters.

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Andrew O'Hehir

Sight & Sound

A forgettable and discontented tale of entropy and corruption, of a grand, idealistic venture that has lost its way.

Dec 19, 2019

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

Attack of the Clones fails to offer the same brand of unadulterated thrill and excitement as the Star Wars trilogy.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 3, 2019

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Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic

His characters, as is now his norm, are plastic puppets, even in the confectionary love scenes. Most of their dialogue is so doughy that it could be spooned into comic-strip balloons. Lucas simply has no interest in these people.

Apr 11, 2016

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Calum Cooper

Movies We Texted About

Despite promising romantic and action-packed spectacles, its script is the definition of clunky. The convoluted nature of its themes and narrative is outclassed only by the mechanical dialogue and cumbersome love story.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 11, 2024

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Akhil Arora

AkhilArora.com

It’s also too wayward and listless—there’s little plot and the film waits to find plot elements. Despite a split narrative and promising political parallels (to the days of Caesar), it simply doesn’t have enough to grab your interest.

May 31, 2024

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Christian Eulinberg

InSession Film

I cannot express how terrible and dragged out the pacing of this entry was. It is the weakest episode of the prequel trilogy.

Sep 26, 2023

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Obi-wan K

This is one of my most hated star wars movies also again stale cgi i've seen better

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

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Tony T

A great classic film that leads into Star Wars III. While at times, funny moments like “I hate sand, it gets everywhere” are hated on, this has few weak spots.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Micah H

The romance third is bad. The kamino third is good. And the epic ending is good. With 2/3 of this movie being well done, it’s definitely a step up for Phantom Menace.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/11/24

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Will G

This Movie is the worst of all the originals but beats all the sequels.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/05/24

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Valentine S

It's clonin time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/04/24

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Hemish W

Where this movie becomes weak is in how it is used as a building block for the rest of the franchise. While EP 1 built up the main story, and started the franchise, this movie focuses on starting the main conflict of the saga. We see glimpses of Anakin's fall to the dark side, and we see the Jedi order becoming weaker and weaker. the third act of the movie is one of the best in any star wars movie. Everything about the Battle of Geonosis was perfect. The movie spent too much time building up to the third act, and building up the main conflict of the saga, but it was still an entertaining watch and a great movie. Definetly the weakest of the 6 movies, but still a great one. Much better than the sequel movies.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/04/24

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Synopsis

Set ten years after the events of "The Phantom Menace," the Republic continues to be mired in strife and chaos. A separatist movement encompassing hundreds of planets and powerful corporate alliances poses new threats to the galaxy that even the Jedi cannot stem. These moves, long planned by an as yet unrevealed and powerful force, lead to the beginning of the Clone Wars -- and the beginning of the end of the Republic.

Director: George Lucas
Producer: Rick McCallum
Screenwriter: George Lucas, Jonathan Hales
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd.
Rating: PG (Sci-Fi Action Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $310.7M
Runtime: 2h 23m
Sound Mix: Dolby EX, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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