If The Force Awakens raised a lot of questions, The Last Jedi tackles them head-on, delivering answers that will shock and awe in equal measure. Fun, funny but with emotional heft, this is a mouth-watering set-up for Episode IX and a fitting tribute to Carrie Fisher.
An excellent middle chapter bursting with wit, wisdom, emotion, shocks, old-fashioned derring-do, state-of-the-art tech, and stonking set-pieces.
Overall, the movie still has a few wrinkles but is a fine and Force-full addition to the saga.
By Jove, Johnson’s done it!
Sure, The Last Jedi can occasionally be too goofy or free-roaming for its own good, but it’s an impossible film to sit in front of and not have a good time.
Director Rian Johnson delivers a tidal wave of energy and emotion in the eighth episode of the saga, as Luke, Leia, Finn and Rey step up to meet their destiny.
Looper's Rian Johnson delivers the goods with this thrilling addition to the space opera.
The multi-stranded plot of The Last Jedi allows writer/director Rian Johnson to ease out the Star Wars veterans to concentrate on the next generation of the franchise, but not before a fitting farewell to Carrie Fisher.
Too much is going on and you begin to suspect the story here might be better told in a mini-series than a feature film. As we leap from one character to another, reach a finale and then realise that there are still loose ends to tidy up, the force of the film gradually begins to ebb away.
It is a triumph of storytelling for director Rian Johnson.
Writer-director Rian Johnson delivers a fine mix of character, storytelling, explosions and something to think about on the bus home.
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