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critcis_StarWars.appHeader = "What the critics think of \"Revenge of the Sith\"";
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critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune","[\"Revenge of the Sith\" is] the scariest, most exciting, most visually prodigious of the sextet, with action sequences that explode off the screen, characters who finally awaken your sentiments (a bit) and images of violence, inferno, chaos and the dark side that descend like a shroud of noir.<br>","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","Peter Travers, Rolling Stone","Drink the Kool-Aid. Wear blinders. Cover your ears. Because that's the only way you can totally enjoy \"Revenge of the Sith\" -- the final and most futile attempt from skilled producer, clumsy director and tin-eared writer George Lucas to create a prequel trilogy to match the myth-making spirit of the original Star Wars saga he unleashed twenty-eight years ago.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","A.O. Scott, New York Times","This is by far the best film in the more recent trilogy, and also the best of the four episodes Mr. Lucas has directed. That's right (and my inner 11-year-old shudders as I type this): it's better than \"Star Wars.\"","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","Anthony Lane, The New Yorker","What can you say about a civilization where people zip from one solar system to the next as if they were changing their socks but where a woman fails to register for an ultrasound, and thus to realize that she is carrying twins until she is about to give birth? ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","Stephen Hunter, Washington Post","For my generation, \"Revenge of the Sith\" is a brilliant consummation to a promise made a long time ago, far, far away, in a galaxy called 1977.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly","The trouble with Revenge of the Sith is that we're never really shown what we're told about endlessly: Anakin succumbing to the temptations of power. He sulks a lot, with a bead of resentment in his eye, but his actions never take that crucial turn toward the destructive narcissism of Darth Vader. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","Claudia Puig, USA Today","There are major improvements in quality over the previous two films, notably the writing and the acting. Christensen and Natalie Portman as Senator (formerly Queen) Padm&#233; Amidala, in particular, seem more comfortable and less stilted. McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi has grown more assured as well. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times","The dialogue throughout the movie is once again its weakest point: The characters talk in what sounds like Basic English, without color, wit or verbal delight, as if they were channeling Berlitz. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","Glenn Kenny, Premiere","Here&#146;s how it pans out: \"The Phantom Menace\" was the crushingly, suffocatingly lame one, \"Attack of the Clones\" was the scattershot, perverse mixed-bag one, and Sith is&#151;finally&#151;the good one.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
critcis_StarWars[i++] = new Array("","Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times","Never but never underestimate the power of the dark side of the Force. It has made \"Episode III Revenge of the Sith\" into easily the best of the trio of \"Star Wars\" prequels and has even attempted the tougher assignment of saving writer-director George Lucas from himself.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
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