It’s fine, if also cliché, to be reminded that good will triumph over evil. But that doesn’t mean that we should always get the one we want. On the other, it may not be the closure this epic, now 42 years in the making, deserves. The movie “panders wildly,” writes Michael O’Sullivan at The Washington Post.

A bot would be able to pull off a more surprising movie. In its anxiety not to offend, it comes off more like fan fiction than the creation of actual professional filmmakers. Stephanie Zacharek at Time calls it an “overloaded finale” for “everybody and nobody”: So what went wrong? And what, despite everything, is still right? We’ve broken down some of the critics’ thoughts here - and before you whine, there are no spoilers, though we wonder what you’re doing here if you’re worried about that. It had a score of 53 at Metacritic, the other main review site. As of Thursday morning, the film had a 58 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on its aggregation of critics’ reviews.

This week, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” the ninth film in a trilogy of trilogies, hits theaters, and fans and critics have begun sharing their reviews. So instead you’re probably wondering, “When I walk out of the new ‘Star Wars’ movie, will I feel exuberant, or will I feel as if I’ve just forked over $12 to have someone besmirch my precious childhood memories, again?”įans of the franchise - that is, fans of pop culture writ large - have over the decades experienced both feelings to varying degrees. No, if you clicked on this, you’re almost definitely going to see the new “Star Wars” movie.

The question you’re facing right now isn’t, “Will I go see the new ‘Star Wars’ movie?”

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