Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 15, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
17
Negative:
12

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
It's not exactly thrilling, and it doesn't cover much new ground. But young audiences will lap it up like ice cream. Read full review
60
EmpireJames Dyer
An enjoyable escapade and a great introduction to the forthcoming series - just not the seventh Star Wars film fans were hoping for. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
With its simple-goal-driven plot, its wordy, cutscene-like interludes, and its stiffly modeled characters, it wouldn't even make for a particularly high-end videogame. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The largely uninspired Clone Wars feels landlocked. In the absence of any extensive innovation, the video game-ready results play more like a feature-length promo for the imminent TV series of the same name than a stand-alone event. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
This isn't the Star Wars we've always known and at least sometimes loved. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
When George Lucas last pulled off an original idea for a feature film, Bill Clinton was still thought of by many voters as overweight and chaste. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
The best that can be said about the movie is that it's harmless and mostly charmless. The Clone Wars is to Star Wars what karaoke is to pop music. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The Clone Wars is the last nail in a coffin that has been propped up ever since George Lucas sold his creative soul in the quest for a few more pieces of gold. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Looks fantastic, but the film suffers from the TV-to-feature transition. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Gets more cluttered and confused as it moves along. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Lucas' films are like Cher's face. No matter how many times you rework the same material, it's never going to be new and fresh again. And so it is with his latest, Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Essentially an extended trailer for the 2008 Cartoon Network animated series. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNathan Lee
As a mechanical thrill ride, The Clone Wars has an uncluttered look and furious pace that make it more or less as satisfying as its wildly overdesigned predecessors. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom Russo
Once again, even reasonably committed fans will need a scorecard to keep track of who's fighting whom. What's the real target audience - i.e. kids - supposed to make of it all? Read full review
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It might be impressive as a made-for-DVD production, but coming from producer George Lucas, it makes for a cheap excuse for a big-screen spectacle. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
Unlike its predecessors, this one doesn't even try to aspire to myth. It aspires only to merchandising. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyRobert Wilonsky
The Clone Wars is minor to the point of irrelevance, nothing more than a stylized direct-to-DVD shrug projected onto a big screen while Lucas launches two more TV series filling in prequel blanks better left empty. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael Ordona
Despite some absolutely gorgeous animation and adjusting expectations for what Clone Wars is meant to be, the Force is not strong with this one. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Don't expect the seventh Star Wars film here. Star Wars: The Clone Wars is more like a long Saturday morning cartoon. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Basically just a 98-minute trailer for the autumn launch of a new series on the Cartoon Network. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jason Anderson
While the movie and the accompanying series are being pitched to a younger audience than most new Star Wars ventures, parents may be perturbed by the film's relentless violence. Read full review
33
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
The animated characters in "Clone Wars" are about as lively as the actors in the live-action movies, so I guess Lucas has achieved his goal of eliminating humans from his movies altogether. Read full review
30
Washington PostHank Stuever
Unfolds with all the entertainment value of watching somebody else play a video game. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoanne Kaufman
Clone Wars will appeal only to the most tolerant, galactically minded children and their parents. Read full review
30
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
The whole thing feels like a continuation of Lucas' experiments to see how much sh-- his dwindling supporters will take before finally saying "enough" and moving on to adult pursuits. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
At what point might animators be arrested for doing work so ugly it causes aesthetic blindness in millions of younglings? Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The latest indignity. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
Story is entirely insignificant in The Clone Wars. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Without the grandiose narrative structure of the six live-action releases, this feels even more pointless, a mechanical attempt to milk the kids for every last dime. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
George Lucas is turning into the enemy of fun. Read full review
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