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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002
Sci-fi, Fantasy
2h 22m
Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala while his teacher, Obi-Wan Kenobi, makes an investigation of a separatist assassination attempt on Padmé which leads to the discovery of a secret Republican clone army.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002
Sci-fi, Fantasy
2h 22m
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Avg Percentile 33.88% from 17736 total ratings

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Rated 24 Apr 2010
2
2nd
Managed the seemingly impossible feat of not meeting the lowest expectations I've ever had for a movie. Like expecting to be diagnosed with stomach cancer only to find out you've been impregnated by a xenomorph.
Rated 14 Mar 2016
75
29th
This is what happens when you let elderly autistic billionaires make movies, part II.
Rated 10 Jan 2010
6
2nd
The worst prequel of them all. I can't decide whether the romance scenes between a dominatrix and a crazy-eyed stalker or that fucking Yoda spider-monkey duel are the greater blight.
Rated 27 Dec 2007
0
4th
The acting is horrible, environments fake looking, and the dialogue incredibly generic and wooden. It'll take everything you know and love about Star Wars from your childhood and just fuck it, fuck it over and over again until it's chaffed, raw, bloody, and begging you to stop. Want to have the mystery of Boba Fett completely ruined and see his fucking face? Well here's your chance! Hayden Christensen is actually WORSE than Jake Lloyd! What Plan 9 would be with a multimillion dollar budget.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
28
16th
George Lucas gives another attempt at his Star Wars franchise but fails terribly. The general story is honestly alright but when it's presented with such poor dialog that you almost forget that it's even OK. As usual the CGI is impressive but that's it. See this only if you enjoy Star Wars and don't mind really bad dialog. Another swing and a miss for George.
Rated 20 Oct 2015
24
10th
Jar jar is the original Sarah Palin.
Rated 14 Aug 2008
49
19th
Here is the stinker of the whole bunch. A mess of a script with horrible dialogue. There are some interesting ideas, especially in the second half, but those ideas are primarily stylistic endeavors. Ewan McGregor and Christopher Lee give the only decent performances, yet they can't inject any life into the muddled, masochistic narrative. Hayden Christensen is an abomination, yet I have my doubts that even Leo DiCaprio (who was approached with the role) would have been able to perform this tripe.
Rated 21 Mar 2022
40
11th
The sting of seeing this one opening day will never heal, the wound was reopened a month later when grandparents were taking us to go see Minority Report and last second heel move, switched to seeing Episode 2 when we got to the ticket window. Theres about maybe a half hour of good stuff here but its over 2 hours long! The Yoda fight was probably the hardest I've ever laughed in a theater. Weird billionaire writing about love. Now this is pod racing.
Rated 05 Oct 2011
70
11th
The most boring Star Wars movie if you ask me. I didn't at all care for the C3P0 side story and the romance story and dialogue are so cringeworthy. Christensen isn't good and for some reason, Portman doesn't seem to be giving it her all like I usually see her do. Probably the writing if you ask me. It's definitely not as laughable as Phantom Menace, but it is much slower and the all of the stuff with Obi-Wan makes it at least watchable. My least favorite in the franchise.
Rated 17 Jan 2010
55
19th
If you ignore the fact that Yoda bounces around like sonic the hedgehog on methamphetamines this isn't so bad is it? Oh wait, you also have Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen giving the most laughable deadpan wooden performances of their careers. I still think this is the least terrible out of the trilogy but it's like judging who is the prettiest girl at a fat camp.
Rated 08 Feb 2008
66
14th
Exposition...exposition...exposition. Ugh. A completely joyless affair, which pretty much sums up all of the prequels. Emotionless, wooden, no fun whatsoever.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
48
10th
The last 45 minutes are decent, but the rest of the film wallows in stilted and painful dialogue, an incredibly painful and unbelievable romantic situation, and a muddled storyline.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
45
15th
The "Romance" was so painfully done it was almost impossible to watch
Rated 14 Aug 2007
0
4th
Hayden Christensen might be the worst actor of his generation - maybe ever. Lucas is an idiot for casting him. The best thing about this movie is that it made 250 million less than The Phantom Menace. That's just a testament to how bad Menace was - but whatever this isn't any better. Terrible dialogue, shitty acting, weak effects, bad film.
Rated 28 Mar 2014
79
55th
There're 2 big problems: Lucas seems incapable of drawing decent performances from either of the young leads & the kid-friendly comedy is groan worthy. Bad but less bothersome: the political machinations are also unclear. However, the action scenes are some of the best of the prequels, esp Fett vs Kenobi & the coliseum fight against monsters. It's especially thrilling to watch Padme kick a-s and save herself (bc it's always exciting to see regular humans manage to fight off what's much stronger)
Rated 29 Mar 2011
30
12th
"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth." Hayden Christensen is the sand of the Star Wars saga. BOOM! I sure nailed that joke. But seriously, if you say that the best part of the film was Yodas lightsaber duel with Count Dooku you have clearly don't understand Episode V and probably think that Michael Bay is a good directer. Screw you. The redlettermedia reviews were better than the prequels, go watch them
Rated 01 Aug 2009
8
6th
Nothing short of an abomination and by far and away the worst of the Star Wars franchise. Horrible action sequences and frankly laughable CGI are backed up by poor acting, continued dodgy casting, and a script right out of George Lucus' arsehole. I'll admit to being never quite as loved-up with Star Wars as some, but this film pisses all over the legacy of the original trilogy. Unspeakably terrible.
Rated 17 Apr 2009
1
0th
Unacceptably bad. Even giving this film a score is too generous. Hayden Christiansen is unfairly blamed, by the way. Everyone is terrible in this film, and Natalie Portman is the worst.
Rated 14 Dec 2008
10
8th
Even looking beyond the bland plotlines, pointless action and some terrible dialogue, I can't help but feel that this movie is simply another one of Lucas's big nerdish wet dreams. I hate that there's no substance and a shitload of aliens talking gibberish for no apparent reason, especially seeing as other characters respond in English. Another major aspect is that I can't bloody stand Christensen, whether it be in character or not, leading to pretty much every scene being inherantly irritating.
Rated 22 Jul 2008
3
5th
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse than Episode 1, This comes out....
Rated 28 Dec 2017
26
2nd
There was a reason I put off ever watching this for 15 years.
Rated 18 Aug 2014
74
90th
The CGI may seem dated, but it's still pretty, and perhaps now even nostalgic. The story isn't as bad as I initially remember, though that may be thanks to several years worth of context provided via the animated series. What truly lets this film down is the characterisation of Anakin...from the dismal script to the atrocious acting. Overall, it's spectacle that could have been so much more.
Rated 25 Jan 2012
29
4th
The legacy that is Hayden Christensen begins. DiCaprio was turned down for the role because Lucas liked the fact that Hayden didn't like the original trilogy. All of a sudden I believe in karma.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
64
39th
Shit dialogue of a flimsy script. Still its better than the Phantom Menace.
Rated 02 Jan 2010
5
20th
(after repeat viewings) At least you don't have 10000 things happening at once, so you can finally focus on the action scenes and the story has somewhat improved since episode I. The scipt is still a total mess, though, and criticizing Christensen would be an exercise in futility; What's up with Obi-Wan's haircut ?
Rated 14 Jun 2009
40
16th
Wow. I can't believe that Christensen made it even this far into showbiz. He's seriously one of the worst actors ever. Also the action sequences are among the most uninteresting in the series. The problem is that George Lucas basically masturbates in CGI backdrops. I mean, when special effects are crammed into every shot they're not so "special" anymore, are they?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
26
3rd
Like watching a beloved grandpa go slowly senile
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
7th
I guess George Lucas really did accomplish something by making a 2.5 hour movie in which nothing of consequence happens whatsoever.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
33
2nd
George Lucas and painless romantic dialogue: like oil and water. Pointless action sequences do the rest.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
63rd
What can I say? I like it. It's miles better than Episode I, at least. Don't care much for marble-mouth Hayden Christensen and his romance scenes with Portman were especially bad, but it's still a good movie with great action sequences.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
4
44th
Low points include the romantic scenes betwen Anakin and Padmé, Hayden's performance, Yoda's silly fight scene, R2-D2's random flying, young Boba Fett, the diner scene, and the Jar Jar political coup; high points include the fact that it's Star Wars...
Rated 15 Aug 2024
45
35th
I really enjoyed this as a manic depressive escaped past-curfew preteen on a lesbian date at a theatre in Disneyland. It’s never held up to the euphoria of that moment ever since. If I try to be objective, 45 seems fair - but is that because I’m contrasting to my beloved OT? And is that even fair? As a kids movie, maybe 70?
Rated 18 Jun 2024
98
92nd
Another underrated George Lucas movie that has a unique style. Dialogues are often criticized, but are written in a theatrical, Greek epic style that keeps it timeless. Anakin being an edgy teenager is thematically accurate. John Williams' second best work of his career. Overall, still the weakest of Lucas' films but nevertheless part of the greatest saga of all.
Rated 19 Jan 2020
90
91st
Another under-rated Star Wars prequel. Lots of fun, action-adventure, with a dash (but only a dash) of the fairy tale. Another A+ for world-building, music, sound design, and art design.
Rated 22 Aug 2019
60
35th
I hate this movie. It's coarse and gets everywhere.
Rated 24 May 2019
30
10th
When you introduce political machinations into your story, it should go without saying that actual political issues must follow. There's a reason why we portray the rebels of the American Revolution as the good guys and the rebels of the Civil War as the bad guys, but this trilogy doesn't seem to concern itself with such petty distinctions. https://pastebin.com/BQr0be36
Rated 04 Jan 2018
4
27th
Set years after the events of Episode One, Attack of the Clones is Lucas's attempt to give fans the growth of beloved character Anakin Skywalker, unfortunately Lucas's questionable writing decisions lead to a bogged down, Love story that lacked any chemistry between Christensen's and Portman's characters. Along with a subpar performance from Christensen, Episode Two felt filler, with no antagonist and gives little growth to Anakin or the Star Wars lore as whole that Lucas missed again.
Rated 29 Dec 2017
50
36th
Goth Vader falls in a love so profoundly whiny, Natalie Portman can't HELP but to phone-in those same affections.
Rated 03 Mar 2017
78
92nd
While I agree this is the weakest of the saga, it is still not nearly as bad as the majority of people make it out to be. Still has the star wars feel to it, just geared a little more to a younger audience.
Rated 26 Feb 2017
47
36th
George Lucas takes his beloved "Star Wars" franchise and gives the fans more of what they had been clamoring for, poorly written political intrigue. The convoluted plot and forced love story were done no favors by George Lucas' writing. Nearly the entire film is 95% CGI in every frame. This over use of special effects inadvertently makes all the actual characters instantly feel out of place thus making everything they do feel even more unnatural than their tremendously stilted dialogue.
Rated 30 Dec 2016
39
7th
better than the first part of this trilogy. action scenes were okay. the rest was forgettable.
Rated 19 Jan 2016
34
4th
Incompetent. A complete waste of time.
Rated 14 Jan 2016
48
19th
The worst installment in the neverending Star Wars series, A.O.T.C suffers from poor plotting, atrocious dialogue, wooden performances and CGI overload, which hasn't aged well. Lucas' decision to shoot digitally before the technology was ready was regrettable: the image is flat and two dimensional with a heavily restricted palette. The romantic subplot is also laughable: Christensen's robotic courtship is borderline creepy. Yoda's fight scene is the highlight, but it isn't enough to save it.
Rated 06 Dec 2015
80
86th
The lowest lows of parts I through VI (Padmé - who seems to find it only releatively unfortunate that Anakin has slaughtered innocent children - tells him "To be angry is to be human", horrendously bad C3PO jokes, Samuel L. Jackson pretending to be a jedi) it has, but also some of the highs of I-III (an enticing mystery, nice pacing and some super cool shots of battle). If you can look past its biggest flaws, which are - in my opinion - limited to a handful of minutes, the rest is a lot of fun!
Rated 19 Apr 2015
70
41st
Much better than The Phantom Menace. Some great action in the last half hour, and the previous problems aren't quite as bad (Portman is better but not great, dialogue is still hokey but not as bad, script is not great but you get the picture). This was just a clear upgrade in every way, polishing up the flaws while not entirely erasing them.
Rated 19 May 2014
16
3rd
Email me if you know how to turn this off.
Rated 13 Feb 2014
9
0th
May the power of Christ compel you! Leave this DVD vessel, foul demon! LEAVE THIS WORLD!!!!!
Rated 24 Mar 2013
45
24th
I just pretend the romantic scenes aren't happening.
Rated 22 Feb 2013
5
7th
I hate this movie. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
Rated 02 Nov 2012
50
23rd
Meh, it's fun at times. Some of the action scenes in this are fairly exciting, Ewan McGregor is decent, and it's always nice to see Christopher Lee. On the other hand, this movie does feature the worst romance storyline in the history of recorded film. Portman looks more or less dead through the whole movie, and Christensen can't act his way out of a paper bag.
Rated 04 Jan 2012
12
3rd
Let me start by saying I went into this with a bad attitude. I only watched it so I could watch Revenge Of The Sith. But even still, what a mess. Even after just finishing it, I'm still not entirely sure what happened. The romance scenes were laughably bad, the dialogue is horrible, the special effects weren't anything special (Two Towers were much better). There is really nothing to take away from this. I hate all the characters, and I'm sick of aliens being weird just for the sake of it.
Rated 19 Sep 2011
30
12th
Lucas's clear mythic ambitions are combined once again and in a slightly awkward way with his penchant for borrowing from political history. These are hampered, as ever, by the all-important need to sacrifice all, whenever necessary, on the altar of commercial imperatives. Some of the backdrops are very pretty; other effects on occasion show the limits of digital technology at the turn of the 21st century. Greater emphasis on celebrating firepower in this episode. Comes to no real conclusion.
Rated 22 Mar 2011
90
96th
The fifth installment of the Star Wars franchise and second chronologically, Attack of the Clones follows a confused and growing Anakin Skywalker on the brink of his eventual manhood and ultimate betrayal of himself. Despite the brick wall performance by Hayden Christiansen, the rest of the cast does a fine job with Lucas' rigid script. Clones ends up most notable for its large amounts of action, easily the most in any of the six Star Wars films.
Rated 07 Dec 2010
57
22nd
After careful consideration, I'm going to get around to re-watching the Star Wars trilogy as a whole. Who knows, maybe my perspective changed?
Rated 05 Nov 2010
15
2nd
Great, just great. No seriously, thanks for a whole batch of awful Lucas.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
30
8th
Bad movie is bad. This has some of the worst dialogue I've ever heard in a big-budget film.
Rated 25 Jul 2010
58
34th
An improvement on the previous one, Attack of the Clones has still much to give
Rated 17 May 2010
45
18th
forgettable
Rated 25 Jan 2010
40
7th
Not very good. Ewan McGregor is about the only thing worthwhile in the prequels as he actually seems like he's having fun.
Rated 11 Aug 2009
38
3rd
Worst dialogue ever, fucking hell. The non-romance stuff isn’t as terrible but still pretty boring and there’s too much in the way of horrible garbage effect work.
Rated 17 Jul 2009
40
9th
Kind of boring and crappy.
Rated 01 Jul 2009
50
14th
Damn you George Lucas. The last half hour is very cool, but the first two hours, composed of talking mostly, has trouble when it fails to overcome the problem that no one in this movie has anything interesting to say.
Rated 18 Jun 2009
85
86th
While I recognize that the original trilogy is far surperior, I still enjoyed the prequel trilogy though. This movie has some flaws, but overall it is very entertaining.
Rated 31 Mar 2009
71
60th
Maybe a bit better than the first film, but still not close to what I've been expecting from Star Wars. Such a lame chasing scene.. The lightsaberfights are getting better, but on the other hand, Haven't I seen those weird creatures in starship Troopers? Good points for the fight of Yoda, really great. At the end I conclude that some weaker scenes and some better scenes get even in this film.
Rated 25 Feb 2009
15
41st
If you fast forward through all the boring chase scenes it's kind of a cool tv episode.
Rated 31 Oct 2008
50
13th
Some "sweet" but a lot more "what the hell?"
Rated 08 Sep 2008
42
22nd
A misstep no doubt, but a misstep in the right direction after Phantom Menace. McGregor's Alec Guinness impersonation is spot-on, and his subplot here gives us our first real look at the Jedi as interstellar detectives. Unfortunately this sleuthing stuff is about as interesting as Clones gets on the story-front, and it accounts for less than a quarter of the film. The action sequences are bigger and better, but the dialog is also longer and worse. The love story here is excrutiating.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
70
42nd
This flick was kinda the downfall of this series. Just didn't seem to work for me.
Rated 08 Jul 2008
85
41st
george always does silly dialogs, but i'm still want to be a jedi, and want ewan to teach me.
Rated 12 May 2008
100
84th
no comment
Rated 13 Apr 2008
0
0th
There is nothing good about this film. The characters are, at best, completely empty. At worst they are actually annoying. The plot is minimal, but where it exists it is unnecessarily complicated, contradictory, and drab. The action scenes are obviously choreographed doing nothing introduce or relieve tension in the story. The multitude of flaws to the Star Wars cannon are unforgivable and actually demean the original films. This movie made me angry, not only as a fan, but also as a human being.
Rated 25 Mar 2008
65
10th
Again, ages since I've seen this. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, but I don't recall being overwhelmed by the film - or Christensen as Skywalker.
Rated 20 Feb 2008
35
12th
I never realized how horrible this was until rewatching it eight years after its release. Every moment Christensen is on screen is torture, Portman gives one of her worst performances as well. The script was complete garbage. The jumping back and forth between story lines doesn't work very well, and the powerpoint slide transitions are downright amateur.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
34th
Send in the clones
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
86th
STAR WARS was, is, and always will be escapist entertainment of the most grand scope and EPISODE II only further solidifies the series as one of the most exciting events for moviegoers today.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
7th
Huh?, stay away from this.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
37th
attack of the BEING VERY BORING more like
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
11th
More like Attack of the Bad CGI Robots. Weak effects, weak writing, weak movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
29
5th
If you could reduce yourself to the mindset of a 9-year-old, I could definitely see how one could get into The Phantom Menace, but I just can't figure out how this movie is any-age-appropriate. It has some eye-candy, but the plot won't be understood by anyone under the age of 13, and anyone over that age won't buy the wooden dialogue or the dynamic-less stagnation of the filmmaking or story. In my mind, the black sheep of the Star Wars series.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
16
12th
Don't watch this movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
43rd
The worst of the saga for sure. Terrible acting, story that goes nowhere, and dialogue that could be put to shame by a pretentious film student. The special effects are great, and it's hard to deny the pretty sweet fight scene between Sidious and Yoda, but still, LET DOWN.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
65th
The action ramps up in this episode and Lucas' vision of serial sci-fi is hard and heavy here. Taking in all three of the new trilogy (Episode's 1-3) proves to me that Lucas' is a much better producer and writer than he is a director. He just can't seem to get the players to come out. This is why a film like Empire (directed by Irvin Kershner) is so fantastic in comparison.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
14th
What the hell does this piece of s*** have to do with Star Wars? All of the originat trilogy's naive charm has been tarnished by the CGI suckiness of these prequels.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
14th
By far, the worst in the "Star Wars" universe. Mind-numbingly indecipherable epic battles (remind me who we're rooting for again?), interrupted by gut-wrenchingly bad faux romance.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
0th
I watched the film once, and I tried watching it again and I couldn't. It's just irritating and the romance is so stupid and the dialogue. Ugh.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
18th
Better than the garbage that was Episode 1, but still lacking in all but the visual department.
Rated 22 Jun 2007
44
26th
Twice as good as Episode I, but that isn't saying much... still dire compared to the original trilogy.
Rated 19 May 2007
30
5th
This, not Phantom Menace, is the worst Star Wars movie.
Rated 27 Mar 2007
35
19th
Phantom Menace was okayish, the real test began here since we should have seen how Anakin transformed into Darth Vader. But oh, Anakin internally became Darth Vader in the space between Menace and this one. Thanks Lucas for ruining my childhood.
Rated 18 Mar 2007
69
39th
Attack of the Clones is a movie that's entertaining from start to finish but has so many flaws that it's hard to really praise it outside of its visual prowess. This is the second worst Star Wars film, but still manages to be worth watching.
Rated 11 Mar 2007
1
4th
The worst Star Wars film.
Rated 11 Feb 2007
45
26th
As much as I hate the prequels out of principle alone, I will still always love them at the same time for what they are. Unconditionally. It's kind of like when a parent has one kid that's a huge asshole and whom they realize is taking complete advantage of them, but refuses to do anything about it because they can't help the love they have simply because it is their child. It's like that. I'm never more ashamed to say this as when I think about the "I hate sand" speech in this movie.
Rated 03 Feb 2007
50
15th
At least it's better than Episode I. It has some good action scenes. But the acting is all around terrible (which is Lucas's fault, obviously), and the romance is simply unbearable.
Rated 24 Dec 2006
65
36th
Rewatched it again after 18 years in my quest to understand why Star Wars is so influential on me. It is such an awkward, weak movie. Christensen is a disastrous choice for Anakin and the dynamic between him and Portman is all off (and kinda distasteful). Even the visual effects are off in this one. In a sci-fi movie, if the thing I admire the most is the clothes of the lead female character, there is something seriously wrong. Lucas created the ultimate villain and then went and ruined him.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
63
14th
A few great scenes don't make up for this being the most boring and badly acted Star Wars film.
Rated 24 Jun 2024
50
6th
meilleur que le 1 mais pas ouf non plus
Rated 23 Jun 2024
55
40th
For more answers about Anakin's lack of focus on his Jedi training and his lack of situational awareness of what is right and what is wrong, but the dark side begins to stir in Anakin. This second is a good snack before part III and the acting has reached better than in episode 1, a good space movie with lots of action jedi arts good atmosphere and maybe at times a little too much love.
Rated 28 Feb 2024
18
1st
Why do characters keep falling onto roaming objects?
Rated 14 Feb 2024
44
11th
audiovisual 35 acting 50 overall feeling 48 avg 44
Rated 31 Aug 2023
30
1st
I think this might be the worst of all the Star Wars movies. It's full of a messy plot, lifeless acting, some of the silliest dialogue in a movie franchise full of silly dialogue, and overuse of CGI that will hurt your eyes. There are really no redeeming qualities in this film, despite having two very good actors in it in Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman. Even Christopher Lee's villain is pretty boring and uncompelling.

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