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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 152
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 123
Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas' once great franchise.
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 23
Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas' once great franchise.
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Average Rating: 3/5
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George Lucas continues his most popular franchise's legacy with Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a computer-animated 3-D film that takes place between Star Wars: Episode II and III. The first-ever animated feature from Lucasfilm Animation, this action-packed space adventure follows the heroic Jedi Knights as they attempt to maintain order and restore peace during a time of monumental galactic strife. The Clone Wars have engulfed the galaxy in chaos, and as the dreaded droid army of the Separatists
PG, 1 hr. 38 min.
Aug 15, 2008 Wide
Nov 11, 2008
$35.1M
Warner Bros. Pictures
All Critics (154) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (124) | DVD (16)
It moves fast, conquers armies, kicks into hyperspace and spits out idiotic quips with unapologetic cartoon brio.
The visuals are worthy, but the big screen brings the movie's script shortcomings and pacing problems into sharper relief.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars comes as something of a surprise: it isn't the most painful movie of the year!
One of the more mediocre entries in the entire Star Wars catalogue.
Visually busy and visually forgettable, with a less than engaging story line, and characters who look like anime figures and move like the denizens of Geppetto's workshop, Wars will appeal only to the most tolerant, galactically minded children.
The story lacks narrative tension. The dialogue is stilted and overblown, a problem also in some of the live-action incarnations. That, combined with visuals that consistently lack punch, leaves little to engage us.
A complete gas to more open-minded fans, and assured catnip to children. The occasional sexually-ambiguous Hutt or sassmouthed, premenstrual Jedi aside, it's an exciting picture and a tempting commencement for the TV series.
70 percent action, 5 percent exposition and 24 percent forced banter ... that's just 1 percent left over for committee meetings and C-Span-worthy parliamentary maneuvering -- proceedings that have so fascinated George Lucas in the past.
Feels very much like the television pilot that it is.
Its elements are actually quite typical of a syndicated cartoon series, aimed mostly at the young'uns and contributing pretty much nothing to the Star Wars mythos.
Despite Ahsoka's cloying presence, The Clone Wars is still easier to take than Attack of the Clones.
Very busy. Very noisy. Very loud. Very monotonous. (Blu-ray Edition)
xoris kamia prothesi na paei ti mythologia poythena parapera, o Lucas aplos stinei ena kinimatografikis diarkeias, paidikoy prosanatolismoy epeisodio, me amfiboloy aisthitikis animation, gia na doylepsei os launching pad tis kainoyrias, senariaka aneksart
This "First Animated Star Wars Movie" does the series no favors, demonstrating why live action trumps animation--at least when the digital beings and creatures are this poorly designed.
...little plot and almost nothing but redundant action. It becomes tiresome very fast.
Strong new characters are disappointingly thin on the ground.
If this film is any indication of the quality of the forthcoming television series, it will be blessedly short-lived.
This movie made my daughter laugh and giggle and had a great time watching it. far more than some disney flicks. They targeted this for kids and they hit their mark. As a huge star wars fan I enjoyed the fact they reached out to my 7 year old.
February 27, 2009While it doesn't really work as a full length feature, it exists as a very good pilot for the animated series. I will say that what this has going for it is a far better depiction of Anakin than was allowed in the prequels, we get to see him being the hero and all around great person that he's built up to be. While
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