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Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

2019
Sci-fi, Fantasy
2h 21m
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga. (imdb)

Directed by:

J.J. Abrams

Screenwriter:

Chris Terrio, J.J. Abrams, Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly

Starring:

Richard E. Grant, Billy Dee Williams, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Keri Russell, Ian McDiarmid, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong'o, Daisy Ridley

Franchises:

Star Wars, Skywalker Saga

Genres:

Sci-fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure

AKA:

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

2019
Sci-fi, Fantasy
2h 21m
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barthalenBarthalen
Rated 25 Mar 2020
39
18th
The writer's hands are bleeding from banging on the metal walls. "Please, don't do this!" he shouts desperately, knowing it is watching. "We're sorry we called your script bottom-tier fanfic bullshit, but people are not going to take this! It... Oh god, it so blatantly shows your contempt for your audience. Please, have mercy!" As the garbage compactor walls close in to crush the last voice of dissent, the self-aware D//SNEY scriptwriting A.I. hums. Its goals were met. All is well.
Rated 25 Mar 2020
jacobclark12jacobclark12
Rated 20 Dec 2019
29
17th
A pandering mess of a conclusion, The Rise of Skywalker is one big apology to those "purists" who ripped The Last Jedi to shreds. It is safe, formulaic, and defeats the well-executed story arcs up to this point in not just this trilogy but the saga at large. The first hour is overly compressed with little development, and all the major reveals and twists left me rolling my eyes. It is plainly evident here that Disney did not have a plan in place for this trilogy when they started it.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 23 Dec 2019
45
15th
Was this Star Wars or one of my oh my god I need to slap something together it's due tomorrow school assignments? Last Jedi added so much unneeded nonsense but then THIS in one mighty force move chokes out the entire series. Clones and time travel both hang onto each other as the weapon of the lazy writer trying to salvage hell. I bring up time travel because I wanted to go back in time and whisper into my ear that dark December night in 2015 "At least we got Babu out of this mess. "
Rated 23 Dec 2019
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 19 Dec 2019
65
58th
As expected there doesn't seem to have been an overall master plan with this trilogy, so central climactic plot for this final chapter gets dumped (hilariously so) into the opening crawl, and the ending doesn't come together as the cap to the overall story it arguably should have been. That being what it is, this installment is in itself a perfectly fine adventurous rump, in which Ray and Kylo Ren both get proper rounded stories and the rest of the cast get to have fun.
Rated 19 Dec 2019
beedubBeeDub
Rated 31 Dec 2019
78
39th
I admit to being entertained, and there are definitely some fun moments, but overall this is a creatively lazy and slapdash finale to what was, at one time, my favorite movie series of all time.
Rated 31 Dec 2019
thedenizenTheDenizen
Rated 21 Dec 2019
55
32nd
As a mindless popcorn action flick, it's pretty good with plenty of chases, fights and enjoyable spectacle. As a Star Wars movie though, it's a steaming pile of hot garbage, shitting all over the legacy and accomplishments of the original trilogy with gleeful abandon. A frustrating and obviously cobbled together mish-mash of bad ideas, nonsensical plot contrivances and cringey fan service that left me feeling nothing but disappointment for what could have been. Fuck you, Disney.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 27 Sep 2020
68
30th
Any hope of ascension beyond what Lucas built forty years ago is lost. It's the same old story but with new names and faces, which for fans seems like a wise enough move, but I was never much of a fan. In the lense of history, Star Wars was only awesome in comparison to its peers, in 1977 the competition couldn't even sarcastically be called hard sci-fi, a good chunk of it couldn't even be called sci-fi at all. It's been forty years, the audience has grown, and "Star Wars" hasn't. What a shame.
Rated 27 Sep 2020
gyrro7gyrro7
Rated 28 Dec 2019
20
5th
Palatine is building infinite empire level star destroyer revenge fleet but gives the galaxy a 16 hr warning first in case they want to stop him ... leaving his secret coordinates in a device hidden next to the death star II throne room that can only be found with a dagger somehow shaped like the un-vaporized wreckage floating in the Endor ocean with a cipher written in Sith that 3PO can only translate after a memory wipe that can only be done by a merchandising opportunity on a random planet
Rated 28 Dec 2019
jackryan2014JackRyan2014
Rated 19 Dec 2019
49
38th
Visual effects are beautiful to watch and action scenes well directed. Ren and Rey are the most interesting characters while both Finn and Poe regularly entertain. Feels more like a sequel to TFA than TLJ undoing a number of story developments while paying lip service to others. Rehashes my main criticisms of TFA whereby it has the search for a MacGuffin driving the plot and ends with an action sequence not far off the Starkiller base fight. A fun watch but my least favourite of the new trilogy
Rated 19 Dec 2019
bownBown
Rated 19 Dec 2019
43
5th
The sheer amount of bad decisions this movie made is horrifying. You keep thinking they can’t keep piling on and getting dumber and dumber, but they do until the very end. The performances are still top-notch, and the cinematography, especially in the action scenes, is gorgeous. But the pacing is abysmal, the dialogue is atrocious, and just about every plot point, bit of fanservice, and character arc are a failure on a basic level of storytelling, let alone as the wrap-up to a beloved saga.
Rated 19 Dec 2019
foxyrussianFoxyRussian
Rated 26 Dec 2019
3
1st
One Macguffin after another in a plot who seems to have been written by 10 different fan fiction writers. The movie attempts to pander to fans at a breakneck, cocaine fueled, pace only stopping to go out of it's way to retcon episode 8's plot. No one besides Adam Driver can act with the poor writing given to them. None of the new twist make sense or get any sort of explanation. Finn has 3 1/2 love interest in this movie, which I feel sums up the chaotic poorly written energy of this movie.
Rated 26 Dec 2019
leonardisLeonardis
Rated 23 Dec 2019
84
44th
I actually liked this one too. By no means perfect. Some short side-plots aren't needed and the emperor feels a little tacked on for sure. Had the same director done all three of these, it could have been a perfect trilogy. Still, this is really well acted and directed, with great CGI and some genuine emotion. I almost teared up towards the end myself. Best characters are Kylo and Rey again. I'm personally content and satisfied with how it ended.
Rated 23 Dec 2019
velvet_croweVelvet Crowe
Rated 20 Dec 2019
10
4th
Somehow manages to be substantially worse than its predecessors - countless asspulls, pointless plotlines being introduced, insultingly idiotic plot twists, barely any fight scenes that are all overly brief and boring, awful pacing and cinematography. There is virtually nothing this film does well. The fact that even defenders of TLJ and TFA are shitting on this movie should show just how god awful this film is, and I'm astonished there are people here who actually liked this garbage.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
kasperlKasperL
Rated 19 Dec 2019
75
77th
A patchy, but entertaining conclusion. The plot is merely serviceable (what did you expect from the Oscar-winning writer of ... ehm ... 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' and 'Justice League'), and the Rey-Kylo connection gimmick bugs me a bit. However, not only does Abrams and Williams deliver sweet, sweet candy for our eyes and ears, but furthermore, and this makes all the difference for me, just like 'The Force Awakens', and very much unlike 'The Last Jedi', this feels like Star Wars.
Rated 19 Dec 2019
andaybandayb
Rated 06 Jan 2020
30
7th
it's like someone dumped 20 hours of footage from a saturday morning cartoon show and said 'here, splice this down to two and a half hours', dropped a kilo brick of cocaine on the table and left. the story is pointless, character arcs are non-existent and the action is boring. and i've got a bone to pick with people who give this movie a pass because of the visuals and action. it's fucking 2020, these things don't matter anymore. if you like the visuals and action, go play a fucking video game.
Rated 06 Jan 2020
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 26 Dec 2019
60
53rd
And so the Palpatine saga concludes, with Abrams lightspeed skipping through a serviceable series of whatevers, to race towards the final confrontation, where character arcs await, ready to wrap up all nine movies with a bow. It's neat and nice - and wholly predictable. What's worse is that it feels like it lacks heart, as if J. J. is doing a Star Wars dance, while a Disney Exec sits ready to close the shutter the moment they feel I've had enough.
Rated 26 Dec 2019
hawkinsHawkins
Rated 27 Dec 2019
54
17th
Saw at Universal Studios, and after it ends who walks out of the theater after me? Motherfucking Jon Voight! I said nothing, both starstruck and trying to process why I actually enjoyed this rushed, lazy bullshit more than the other two. I get a kick out of the frenzied "fuck it, we'll do it live" direction, the Beksinski/Hellraiser planet, Ben only saying "ow" in the third act. Am I supposed to buy that Palpy is actually dead this time? I should have asked Jon Voight what he thought...
Rated 27 Dec 2019
nargNarg
Rated 24 Dec 2019
29
12th
It's bad fan fiction. I would just like to rant at a thing I've heard about the movie— "TLJ left Abrams with nothing to do". Or maybe he could have done literally anything he wanted? Instead he insisted on stuffing this movie full of macguffins, Palpatine, and bloodlines so the movie goes a million mph for no reason. There is a version of this film that meaningfully continues from TLJ and ends in a satisfying way, it just isn't an idea that dummies could think up in 5 minutes.
Rated 24 Dec 2019
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 19 Dec 2019
25
3rd
Congratulations, Last Jedi and prequel haters. You have won and deserve this piece of shit movie. #JusticeForRianJohnson
Rated 19 Dec 2019
therealj_roTheRealJ-Ro
Rated 22 Dec 2019
85
85th
I think maybe, just maybe... I just like Star Wars. And maybe, just maybe... that's okay. I read the criticisms. I hear you, or I at least try to hear you. And there are some criticisms that I can even get on board with. This isn't the best movie of this trilogy, franchise, genre, year, or all-time, and I'd never argue that it is. And maybe I can't articulate as well as usual WHY these movies didn't fail me like they've apparently "failed" many in this fanbase. Maybe... I just like Star Wars.
Rated 22 Dec 2019
mjvmoviemanMJVmovieMan
Rated 21 Dec 2019
65
37th
Star Wars: The Chase for Macguffins. Episode IX is fine except for the fact that there isn't much of a story. Questions are answered and resolution is here aplenty, but the 'story' is a frantic quest after quest for a trinket, a translation, or a new character that can help with something. The emotional weight of the original trilogy - a son trying to save his father's soul - is absent here. This is a watchable, albeit rushed, movie for sure, but it also renders this new trilogy as unnecessary.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
ddrudgesd_drudges
Rated 19 Dec 2019
30
30th
I don't recall seeing a movie with as bad pacing as this - every scene has a sense of urgency and it's all packed very tightly together. If a scene could have let you have some breathing room, you get punched in the gut in the form of hectic music choices. Without pacing there's no suspense, and it all becomes a cold dash through space. Awkward subplots and rehashing old themes has been characteristic of this trilogy, and this one also takes fan service (disservice?) to a brand new level.
Rated 19 Dec 2019
terrymacterrymac
Rated 21 Apr 2020
65
46th
Missed this in the cinema; the bluray arrived during this mad period of lockdown. Hope everyone is okay, btw. Would a big screen viewing have altered my opinion? Dunno. Anyway, I enjoyed this, but couldn't help thinking all the way through that it should have been tighter and better-focused. The characters and performances were good, but it felt like a tick-box exercise at times. The central plot device got an eye-roll from me, but it was entertaining seeing it play out. Decent, but a bit safe.
Rated 21 Apr 2020
knuthknuth
Rated 31 Dec 2019
55
11th
You die, you come back, you come back, you die... And in the end, love wins. Or more exactly: Disney's love for money wins.
Rated 31 Dec 2019
nutcrackrnutcrackr
Rated 27 Dec 2019
57
13th
Strike three. Take a second to appreciate what the sequel trilogy has given us... nothing. We're back at the start, only a bunch of great characters are dead to serve these awful new ones. Plot is full of MacGuffins and conveniences and cliches and bad dialogue. The start is a mess with music that just pounds you into submission. It so heavily relies on nostalgia (like TFA) that it has nothing to say for itself. Horses riding atop a star destroyer was not the dumbest thing it did.
Rated 27 Dec 2019
mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 23 Dec 2019
39
14th
The first half is a disaster: a mess of pastiche characterization, slapdash dialogue and a fetch-quest A-plot that makes no sense no matter how fast they run, set off by an opening scroll that was probably written by the New York Post. There's a moment at the halfway mark - an end of a battle, a death, a tear - that actually breathes, and the film almost works from then to the end. Almost, because it also abandons what 40 years of fantasy logic has been telling us - which is ultimately an insult
Rated 23 Dec 2019
nobambanobamba
Rated 22 Dec 2019
50
46th
It was pretty and edited very well (especially the Force connection scenes), but renders the entire saga meaningless with the resurrection. I'm even not happy destroying The Last Jedi's message that bloodlines don't matter. Basically two families ruin the entire galaxy. Returning characters are sidelined or have their development halted. New characters are memorable but pointless. In retrospect TLJ was brave and at least commendable. Fav scene: lightsaber battle with giant waves.
Rated 22 Dec 2019
filliganFilligan
Rated 22 Dec 2019
71
23rd
This is everything it shouldn't have been. Erasure of Johnson's excellent story decisions. The Force is a superpower again. Bloodlines matter more than new, interesting ideas. Few scenes running longer than ten seconds without a cut. Shameless pandering. Zero consequences. More questions raised than answered. This was half Force Awakens, half a prequel. I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. At this rate, this franchise will never grow beyond its very limited roots.
Rated 22 Dec 2019
ytadelYtadel
Rated 21 Dec 2019
6
71st
Viewed in a vacuum by itself it’s a reasonably enjoyable adventure flick with clever action scenes, funny lines, nice visuals and quick quick pacing, not unlike previous Abrams flicks like M:I3 and Star Trek ‘09. But if I zoom out a little and look at this trilogy as a whole there’s just no shape or structure or reason to any of it, it’s clear nothing was planned out, character arcs are so slapdash, so much of what Force Awakens introduced remains unexplored/unanswered.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
nothingsgoodNothingsGood
Rated 20 Dec 2019
35
27th
This movie is the weirdest pro-second amendment PSA I've ever seen - the only way to stop the ultimate corruption is with a citizen militia. Unfortunately all the important characters are too busy dying from exhaustion. One character even dies from the exhaustion of reviving a character who just died of exhaustion. It's almost like a metaphor for this whole franchise.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
bowfingerbowfinger
Rated 20 Dec 2019
20
14th
When I heard the last line of the movie, I finally burst out laughing. This whole trilogy was a joke from day one. What did people expect from an idiot who kept clusterfucking a show like Lost over and over until the very end? Only this time, Abrams was given a golden opportunity to screw over someone else's legacy. What a hack.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
juntakinte99juntakinte99
Rated 20 Dec 2019
70
38th
This is what happens when Rian Johnson paints you into a corner. JJ gets kudos for repeating the same greatest hits package he did in Ep. 7. However, in Act 3, some choices (and a dangling plot line) make things come undone. Beforehand, you get some good action, even if they riff on films inspired by the original Star Wars (like Fury Road & Interstellar). Still, the chemistry and theme of redemption make it an okay movie experience. As does the timely message on unity in the face of division.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
rihreyrihrey
Rated 20 Dec 2019
64
85th
I'm not quite sure how to react to this movie; i can say that it is indeed the worst of the sequel trilogy, but i was expecting much (much) worse. this is actually fine, and my love for everything star wars makes me actually kinda... love it? well, not quite love it (i was actually screaming it was a mess when the movie ended lol, a lot has changed in these last 30 minutes) but it has something, a charm to it. i disagree with many (many) things that happened, i must say, but yeah, i feel weird:)
Rated 20 Dec 2019
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 15 Jan 2020
5
20th
When Poe announces Palpatine's return, you can literally spot the moment Oscar Isaac's soul appears to leave his body. Honestly, though, this movie was so cheesy, my cholesterol levels doubled just watching it. My favourite part was when Goku finally transformed into a super saiyan right after Frieza killed his buddy Krillin.
Rated 15 Jan 2020
timecapsuleTimeCapsule
Rated 09 Jan 2020
70
65th
Disney and J.J. Abrams were caught trying to land this 'Star Destroyer' of a franchise like it was a jumbo-jet whose landing gear was broken mid flight, and no one seemed to think ahead by planning their takeoff with a flight plan, or to pack any sort of parachutes besides the factory built-in one, "Palpatine did it"...So they just threw on a "Return of the Jedi" remix at 10x speed while pumping the cabin full of oxygen in hopes to makes us "comfortable" before the series crashed back to Earth.
Rated 09 Jan 2020
forehead1forehead1
Rated 04 Jan 2020
20
3rd
"Oh my God, he- wait, no, it's fine." Repeat ad infinitum. That best sums up this horrific, loud, non-stop CGI mess where the story flies so fast from one convenient plot point to the next - never pausing for a second to build even an ounce of peril or drama - that I was falling asleep in my chair. This trilogy was the worst of the three, and this is easily the worst film of the entire lot. I would've preferred seeing a movie where J.J. Abrams finally battles his own arch-nemesis: originality.
Rated 04 Jan 2020
bolivarbolivar
Rated 02 Jan 2020
40
6th
shitfest deluxe - an insult to the viewer. void of any logic; full of one-liners, awkward plot twists and terrible dialogue. I felt absolutely nothing with the characters and didn't care whatever happened to anyone.
Rated 02 Jan 2020
rudolph101Rudolph101
Rated 21 Dec 2019
56
5th
The Rise of Skywalker ditches the old and tired cliche of good storytelling
Rated 21 Dec 2019
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 20 Dec 2019
84
72nd
Thankfully Johnson's "Who cares?" approach to the Force is gone. Abrams brings the saga to a satisfying if not often thrilling/surprising conclusion. The problems, as in the prior 2 films, are when the tired parts of the formula's followed too closely (the contrived bickering, making Poe even more of a Solo clone, the umpteenth shields/planet destroyer battle), but no pointless side story for Finn; Rey's less of a Mary Sue; Kylo surprises; Leia's handled well; & a much better villain
Rated 20 Dec 2019
angrypierreangrypierre
Rated 19 Dec 2019
71
52nd
I'd forgotten how awful the dialogue is in these films. Another MacGuffin chase, more space fighting, and I'm sure some nice action figures and Lego sets. The only interesting character arc is Kylo Ren's, who is much more interesting than Rey, but is in half as many scenes. It's ok. Just like the rest of the Star Wars films really. Fine.
Rated 19 Dec 2019
bunyasBunyas
Rated 24 Apr 2020
68
56th
I couldn't stop asking whether Rey's origin was planned and known by writers from the beginning or they came up with the idea at the last movie?! In any case, the end product is a total mix bag and actually, after the (storywise) wreckage of "Last Jedi" they didn't have much space or many other choices.. Still i didn't hate it, but didn't like it very much either.. Overall i still prefer prequels over these sequels by a narrow margin..
Rated 24 Apr 2020
tony_irwinTony Irwin
Rated 01 Jan 2020
2
3rd
It's idiotic drivel. Mesmerisingly bad. It's at the "Batman V Superman" level of awful. I was astonished at how such incredible cinematic images could be paired with such hopeless screenwriting.
Rated 01 Jan 2020
cagedwisdomcagedwisdom
Rated 29 Dec 2019
75
65th
This trilogy is bogged down by a bloated mythology, with the amount of obligatory yet needless fan service increasing with each film. Distractions abound, and potentially interesting storylines are just shoved aside to make room. But at the core there is a compelling Rey/Ren-story which more or less salvages all these films. The final act in particular really does go from strength to strength. It's a fine conclusion. Should've been a standalone film. Or maybe I'm just too old for this shit.
Rated 29 Dec 2019
matija_dMatija D
Rated 22 Dec 2019
45
18th
Wow, I thought It cant go worse from TLJ, but JJ Abrams managed to do it... illogical, totally poathethic at times.. If there wasnt that "Star Wars" thing before its name, this movie would easilly be forgotten trash in 6 months just like Jupiter Ascending was....
Rated 22 Dec 2019
sadmanSadman
Rated 21 Dec 2019
40
3rd
Jesus H. Christ! Calm down, movie! This was tiresome fanfiction. The pacing is so frantic I was already exhausted after the first half-hour. Action scenes are interrupted by ham-fisted moments of "emotion" and/or "humor". Nothing is allowed to breathe. The filmmaking is competent and some shots are gorgeous, but not enough to compensate for the rushed, amateurish storytelling. The inspired parts are Ren and Rey's sexually charged force bonding and acting choices from Driver, Isaac and Ridley.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
corbadCorbad
Rated 21 Dec 2019
55
22nd
A disappointing mess. The god of the machine has never been busier: every single plot device is handed down straight from heaven. Leaping from arc to arc, place to place, inexplicable event to baffling coincidence, the film never settles on anything meaningful or significant. The film has its moments—far too few of them—but in the end it just comes across as frustrating and squandered.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
philamentalphilamental
Rated 20 Dec 2019
64
44th
Imagine a world where Last Jedi was just a non canon comic book lead in to the real episodes VIII and IX which were both made by JJ but edited into one movie by an ADD 10 year old who cut out any scene that wasn't action packed or was moving forward ... It's bad ... I was shaking my head for most of the first half ... but ... Star Wars is at its heart a melodramatic Space Opera, and ROS is very much in keeping with that. The Leia scenes were dreadful though. Hoped for better but what can you do?
Rated 20 Dec 2019
bofbof
Rated 18 Dec 2019
61
42nd
Abrams gonna Aber. Rise Of Skywalker knows exactly what it's doing, taking no chances whatsoever and delivering the movie it thinks its carefully algorithmed and focus grouped target audience wants. Which means we basically get the send-off the franchise probably deserves; a bit clichéd, a bit of fun, a bit of tears, no surprises but also no huge disappointments. A pity after TLJ, but for all of us who feel like maybe we're done here, we can let it go with love.
Rated 18 Dec 2019
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 17 Jan 2020
66
40th
Not quite the colossal disaster the internet promised me, actually quite fun at times. But without the throwback fun of TFA or the thematic strength of TLJ this quickly becomes one to forget. The relentless pacing is a blessing and a curse, as it holds your interest but hides Abram's terrible attempt at writing. Seriously dude, learn to write. Bringing Palpatine back was a mistake and makes everything pointless. But at least the character arcs give us a bit of meaning back.
Rated 17 Jan 2020
groovysoulsGroovy_Souls
Rated 05 Jan 2020
75
64th
I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I didn't like Rise of Skywalker. I did. It's a fun and well-made movie and deserves to be treated as such. I can see where people's problems lie, though. This whole trilogy has felt schizophrenic, at best, though I hate to place the blame entirely on this one entry. I think JJ Abrams put together a decent end to the trilogy, even if personally, I wish he leaned into the uniqueness of Johnson's Last Jedi a little more.
Rated 05 Jan 2020
dawolfeyDaWolfey
Rated 05 Jan 2020
65
81st
Don't think too hard about the story and any of its implications as that way lies madness and disappointment. Just watch it, don't think and you can get some decent enjoyment out of it. The star destroyers had dicks though. If there is anything to think about it's that. Their red-tipped dicks that unsheathe and grow from their smooth underbellies.
Rated 05 Jan 2020
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 04 Jan 2020
59
50th
Clearly the weakest of the trilogy. I did enjoy it despite its issues, & that key relationship between Ray and Ren absolutely works. It keeps the film and the trilogy afloat. It’s sumptuously shot also & looks great. However Star Wars fanboys are essentially the flat-earthers of the sci-fi community & this films fearful pandering to them led to silly plot contrivances/decisions & a lack of surprise in what’s ultimately an incoherent ending (when compared to TFA/TLJ) that plays way too safe.
Rated 04 Jan 2020
wwallce4prezWWallce4prez
Rated 26 Dec 2019
62
28th
It is unfortunate that the plan to end a 42-year-old, nine movie saga was to fill the conclusion with fetch-quests. I was entertained and I still like hanging out with these characters, but this feels like a missed opportunity at the hands of poor screenwriting. Everything whizzes along to cram all these brainstormed ideas in, when, again, you had eight other films. It is fine, but nothing as spectacular as what may have been.
Rated 26 Dec 2019
mattorama12mattorama12
Rated 23 Dec 2019
67
53rd
Pretty fun ride and decent end to the saga. There are sure to be complaints about a lack of originality and ever-expanded force powers, which are certainly valid. More problematic is how clear setups in the first two movies didn't really pay off, showing lack of planning (or haphazard change of plans). But the emotional core of the movie was effective; the action and effects were stellar; and the new force powers were fun and effectively setup so as not to be a shitty deus ex machina.
Rated 23 Dec 2019
oaicoaic
Rated 23 Dec 2019
80
56th
With all the bad reviews, I expected not to like this, but I ended up loving it. Mostly because it's fun to watch Rey turn into a great action hero, even if most of the other characters from the trilogy become useless background figures. Then again, I've never seen Star Wars as being anything but fun action adventure. There are people out there who get something totally different out of Star Wars and for them this movie is the end of their lives or something.
Rated 23 Dec 2019
montycircusMontyCircus
Rated 21 Dec 2019
40
38th
The weakest of the new trilogy. There just weren't any new ideas, felt like the plot was going in circles, using the Emperor again felt like desperation, and I think you need two hands to count how many times someone died, but wait, no they didn't. If you LOVE Star Wars and go in with low expectations then you'll probably think this is okay. I feel sorry for anyone who tried for years to out-guess the conclusion to the 9-film saga on message boards. Did I see Rey find Chester Copperpot's gold?
Rated 21 Dec 2019
piratejerkpiratejerk
Rated 20 Dec 2019
3
7th
A theme park ride cobbled together with a back-of-the-napkin plot. It's got spectacle, it's got charismatic leads, and aside from that it is a bewildering failure of decisions. Leans on the previous movies for any set of stakes/tension, but then undercuts those movies in service of a hollow "epic conclusion to the star wars saga" that is bafflingly dumb upon reflection. I'm surprised they didn't just cut out all of the scenes that contain the plot, they simply do no favours to anyone.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
laochlaoch
Rated 19 Dec 2019
1
0th
Remember that scene in Berserk where Griffith rapes Casca right in front of Guts? Just replace Griffith with Disney, Casca with Star Wars, and Guts with me and you'll understand the rage I felt while watching this abortion.
Rated 19 Dec 2019
scorpusScorpus
Rated 19 Dec 2019
82
75th
The Rise of Skywalker will polarize fans with some odd decisions and a sloppy first act, but if you can resist the urge to over-analyze it, this is a fun conclusion that feels like Star Wars
Rated 19 Dec 2019
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 05 Jan 2020
71
40th
Mechanically entertaining entry is never dull, but dispiriting in its slavish efforts to be as least "offensive" as possible (all the more sadder as the follow-up to JEDI). Ridley, Driver et al all come to the fore, and Grant takes to his role as icy General like a duck to water; C-3PO is the best of the veterans, with the cobbled nature of Fisher's appearance sadly obvious. Near fatally undone by the now-standard trope of death not really meaning anything except at the service of bad writing!
Rated 05 Jan 2020
morphinapgmorphinapg
Rated 27 Dec 2019
99
98th
This movie is everything I wanted it to be and more. For me, a lifelong Star Wars fan, it's pure perfection. It brings fantastic surprises, takes what had been built in the last two and moves it in a really satisfying direction, and I was just left grinning from ear to ear during the whole thing. Also, the sound design, holy crap, my theater was shaking during so many moments. The ending is also incredibly satisfying in many ways. This is my new favorite Star Wars movie.
Rated 27 Dec 2019
myfavchordsmyfavchords
Rated 24 Dec 2019
73
37th
This film has several good moments and several what were they thinking moments. This is the final instalment of this trilogy. They really should have had more of an outline for the trilogy because this film ignores almost everything from episode 8. The cast does a good job here, several times they rise above the written material. Overall this film is for Star Wars fans only.
Rated 24 Dec 2019
beardmetalsbeard_metals
Rated 22 Dec 2019
55
45th
The Disney Star Wars trilogy ends on a borderline parody of fan service.
Rated 22 Dec 2019
joelwatchesmoviesjoelwatchesmovies
Rated 21 Dec 2019
7
63rd
The plotting and exposition are a little sloppy at times (the climax with Palpatine is a tad puzzling) and the bevy of twists and fake-outs are a bit much, but overall this is a fun and technically-excellent starry sci-fi war/adventure movie carried by a refreshingly diverse cast of characters (men, women, humans, non-humans, old, young, past, new) and sprinkled with great bits of deeper character work (see the cool Rey-Kylo dynamic, along with their individual arc-defining moments) and humour.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
fact100fact100
Rated 20 Dec 2019
40
24th
This is not how you end a series but kill it. Frustrating!
Rated 20 Dec 2019
dalbozDalboz
Rated 20 Dec 2019
60
29th
J.J. Abrams really needs to go back to Screenwriting 101. Overall, you need to see this movie to close out the Skywalker Saga, but that's really the only reason. Don't go into this expecting a good or even decent film, or for every question to be answered. Ultimately, it's a disappointing end to Star Wars, and I say this as a Star Wars fan.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
jetboyjetboy
Rated 20 Dec 2019
55
15th
What an absolute scramble to tie up the threads the first two movies created. So many shoe-horned scenes with the sole purpose of ret-conning the previous movie. This make the prequels look good.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
jlfmJLFM
Rated 20 Dec 2019
70
55th
Easily the sloppiest and most nonsensical of the sequel trilogy. As expected, TROS is too fanservicey and a little too safe (albeit more daring than TFA). It also inevitably fails to really capitalize on anything Johnson accomplished in TLJ (with a couple notable exceptions). Still, for all its faults (and it has many), Abrams has cobbled together a mostly entertaining - and occasionally dazzling - finale that’s fun to watch even as it’s borderline incomprehensible.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
maddogmaddog
Rated 20 Dec 2019
83
80th
J.J. Abrams apparently borrowed Dr. Strange long enough to view 14,000,605 possible outcomes in order to find- not the best one, but the most optimal in the bunch given the wreckage he had to sift through. The CGI is amazing- I swear Carrie Fisher was there. Where the first two movies do not pay proper respect to the old- this one largely DOES. Some problems- pacing with the Death Star wreckage scenes as it was slow. Overkill on the 'cavalry'. Forced wrap-up/tragedy at the end. Still. Well done.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
theescapistTheEscapist
Rated 19 Dec 2019
84
93rd
After going in with the lowest possible expectations (because of TLJ), I was really entertained and enjoyed it for what it was. It left me feeling like Star Wars was saved, after being butchered by Rian Johnson. It is definitely not a perfect film and I do have some gripes with it, but I think TLJ has permanently damaged Star Wars for me, in such a way that I am surprised JJ was even able to save it in the way that he did. I wish there had been a plan for the entire trilogy from the start...
Rated 19 Dec 2019
badfurdayBadFurDay
Rated 19 Dec 2019
6
60th
I might be in the minority here, but I thought the second part of this trilogy was the best. Rise of Skywalker was pretty and entertaining, but the plot was plain dumb, so much wasted potential. As usual, JJ Abrams is good at making individual scenes that look cool, but definitely not at figuring out an overall plot.
Rated 19 Dec 2019
cherroristcherrorist
Rated 31 Jul 2020
25
13th
I just watched it and already forgot about it. Usually I would leave a lengthier review, but there is nothing to write about, sorry :/ Edit: Ironically, the other day I thought to myself that I should probably watch The Rise of Skywalker so I came here to see what PSI it would get on Criticker, only to realize I already rated it with this review saying I forgot what it was about after watching it.
Rated 31 Jul 2020
offlineozofflineoz
Rated 02 Jun 2020
10
3rd
UQFR #113: Abrams just shit on the entire Star Wars franchise with this one. It lacks any sort of imagination and repurposes an incredible amount of plot from the old trilogies, not to mention a terrible shoehorning of a past villain. Instead of creating a cohesive narrative, it attempts to pander to the "fans" by retconning TLJ through egregious decision making and writing. I am sorry Lucas for the past criticism, your prequels were much better than what was put out by the Disney Committee.
Rated 02 Jun 2020
ribcageribcage
Rated 17 May 2020
30
10th
Talk about NOT earning it. Each entry in this series is pulling away from each other entry. There is no cohesion as a story told in three parts. There are simply 3 Star Wars tales, with characters recognizable as being the same characters each time because they're played by the same actors in each movie, created to reach for the most excitement and dollars. There's no charm, no fun, no magic.
Rated 17 May 2020
overratedoverrated
Rated 13 May 2020
12
6th
This is more incoherent than any of the prequels (Revenge of the Sith is straight up a better movie) and I'm surprised that so many people here are even giving it a passing grade. It feels like a university paper written by someone on amphetamines & relying on Wikipedia an hour before the deadline. Good job Disney, you royally fucked this whole thing up somehow.
Rated 13 May 2020
yiannosYiannos
Rated 04 Apr 2020
48
19th
A generous rating because it's a complete mess. Abrams and co aim to tie all the threads together and thus undo the damage caused by previous installments, but it's all for naught as it reads like lame fan fiction, and it jumps from one set piece to the next without rhyme or reason. Rey is a boring character player by an actress who resembles a preppy track runner, so any hope of creating a plausible 'mystery' around her was doomed from the getgo, and the 'revelations' are uneventful and dumb.
Rated 04 Apr 2020
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 18 Feb 2020
2
18th
What an absolute train wreck. Honestly think that this was written by a primary schooler's paper fortune teller. Terrible forgotten story lines, forced relationships and very undeveloped arcs, find it frustrating just reflecting on this one.
Rated 18 Feb 2020
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 14 Feb 2020
50
9th
A poorly edited jumble of references to better films. Embarrassing.
Rated 14 Feb 2020
eastondEastonD
Rated 23 Jan 2020
25
22nd
Quite amusing to see a trilogy at such odds with itself that each film insists on contradicting and apologizing for the previous entry. Oh so you hated the prequels? Here's a mildly enjoyable retread of a New Hope! Oh you hated the retread? Well here's something different in the form of the mediocre clusterfuck Last Jedi! Oh you hated something different? Well here's more of the same tired shit you said you were sick of from Spielberg with a head injury!
Rated 23 Jan 2020
ununniliumUnunnilium
Rated 16 Jan 2020
53
33rd
Disappointing. Frustrating. It's not incoherent or painful to watch, all the actors are trying their damnedest, and if it was unrelated to Star Wars, it'd be an entertaining (if forgettable) diversion. But as a piece of a larger story and a larger media context... I can't *hate* it, won't spend my time raging at it, because I've stopped investing my emotions on corporate media giving me satisfying endings. But it's deeply, deeply disappointing.
Rated 16 Jan 2020
mrandersen10mrandersen10
Rated 11 Jan 2020
55
13th
The end to one of the worst trilogies of all time.
Rated 11 Jan 2020
supersuiSuperSui
Rated 05 Jan 2020
0
0th
I was entertained but personally this is the biggest disappiontement I watched this year. Edit: Watched it again. Utterly garbage. EditEdit: Third time. Worst movie ever.
Rated 05 Jan 2020
dunetailsdunetails
Rated 31 Dec 2019
55
33rd
As I suspected, Lucasfilm shouldn't have even made TFA without a full plot breakdown for all 3 movies. This trilogy is a plot and tonal mess. There's elements I like from all 3,but overall disappointing and inconsistent on plot and themes. Look,I'm a Rogue One and Mandalorian kind of guy.This Is The Way.
Rated 31 Dec 2019
rossRoss
Rated 29 Dec 2019
70
71st
It looks amazing, it sounds amazing, it feels like Star Wars, I like the villain, it concludes the saga, but I am not quite satisfied. The plot is nothing but a silly and pointless treasure hunt and everything concludes with a nice bow just as Reddit demanded. I want more than pandering fan service from SW, and from this trilogy this mostly came from The Last Jedi, which by far is my favorite.
Rated 29 Dec 2019
amazedemonamazedemon
Rated 28 Dec 2019
73
89th
The Rise of Skywalker is a movie about choice; narratively, thematically and procedurally. TFA retreaded the original trilogy, TLJ rebuked all Star Wars conventional that preceded it, and this film tries to conclude it in a cohesive manner. The film is fast paced and entertaining, and hopefully holds up on a rewatch. The high points come from canonised EU material. The low points are J.J.’s dangling plot threads and sloppy editing. Ultimately though, I choose to like the good over the bad.
Rated 28 Dec 2019
antonio_pAntonio P
Rated 26 Dec 2019
0
1st
This is really awful. It's really a basic story line here of Kylo Ren wants to be the most powerful being. Ray has to stop him. A lot of plot holes in this and non nonsensical garbage. Characters that you don't care about. Just making the point A to B location a lot more difficult than need be. Would write all the nonsensical stuff but I only have so much that you can write here. It's terrible it's trash and if you do watch this movie, be ready for nonsense.
Rated 26 Dec 2019
iamdwgIamdwg
Rated 23 Dec 2019
93
92nd
I'm caught in the crossfire between those who hate it and those who love it. Yes, the plot's kind of aimless and random as it attempts to fix the problems people had with Last Jedi, but at the same time, it's Star Wars, and as a Star Wars film, this was exciting and satisfying overall. It's also one of the most beautiful films in the entire saga
Rated 23 Dec 2019
coffeecoffee
Rated 22 Dec 2019
40
12th
If I were Adam Driver, I would've preferred to be killed in the end of the movie too. Weird, but it might feel like repentance.
Rated 22 Dec 2019
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 22 Dec 2019
40
14th
Mostly pointless. They pay off things they didn't set up in the previous movies, presumably because those movies are vacuous. They elevate force powers like crazy. I just don't care about Star Wars anymore.
Rated 22 Dec 2019
obdurateObdurate
Rated 22 Dec 2019
70
41st
I consider this trilogy "good" because they serve as pretty entertaining sci-fi/action films but that's about it. I enjoy them, but the magic isn't there. Admittedly Ren's arc was better than the previous episodes but I still don't buy Driver as that character. The rest of the characters are whatever, and I think that's the main problem. Also, they continue the tradition of completely misusing potentially cool characters... seriously, that's it from the Knights of Ren?
Rated 22 Dec 2019
bhajansunlobhajansunlo
Rated 21 Dec 2019
30
4th
dumb, dumb and dumber.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
slrsoapboxSlrSoapbox
Rated 21 Dec 2019
40
13th
Most of the plot is just padding and a pointless search for MacGuffins, and a good portion of the characters are wasted. And I groaned at several plot twists. I wish I could have liked RoS but it's a total mess.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
luordluord
Rated 20 Dec 2019
53
30th
It is the only one of the sequel trilogy that isn't a rehash of its analogous in the original trilogy (so, the only one at least trying to do its own thing). It's also the worst one, with a ton of arbitrary nonsense and with not even half of the flair of Force Awakens. Abrams clearly didn't want to do this movie, or maybe he (and Johnson) can only do star wars when following a template.
Rated 20 Dec 2019
martrynmartryn
Rated 05 Apr 2021
63
33rd
JJ Abrams is guilty for crimes against humanity for taking Star Wars and turning it into this. Some characters are just pushed aside and forgotten, some characters are regulated to the background, the plot just jumps from one locale that might look cool to the next, without any regard to consistency or believability. I loved Star Wars growing up, and Empire remains one of my favorite movies of all time. This ruins everything about the Skywalker legacy. These films don't exist.
Rated 05 Apr 2021
backwardsuitbackwardsuit
Rated 05 Oct 2020
35
5th
Bits that kinda work by themselves & bits that don't in any capacity, all contradicting & undermining each other & tied together with duct tape & nightmare logic. The bizzarely dysfunctional pacing adding even more fuel to the dumpster fire. It's like a schizophrenic Frankenstein's monster crippled by self loathing & shame. Morbidly curious but insulting if you care about its well-being (I can't be bothered to). Tempting to view this as some kind of amalgamation of modern corporate filmmaking.
Rated 05 Oct 2020
xakkmasterXakkMaster
Rated 08 May 2020
69
38th
Pretty, but dumb. To elaborate, the special effects and space battles are an incredible spectacle, but the plot and conclusion to the story just make the whole trilogy feel irrelevant.
Rated 08 May 2020
zanginZangin
Rated 29 Apr 2020
3
0th
Frustratingly awful and, most unforgivably, terribly boring. The pacing is rushed often beyond the point of comprehension and, as a result, the narrative just feels like a parade of arbitrary plot points, absurd macguffins, and insulting retcons. The characters are largely just shells of their former selves with what little character development present feeling hollow and unmotivated. As someone who enjoyed (and often, defended) both TFA and TLJ, this just feels like a complete spit to the face.
Rated 29 Apr 2020
troothTrooth
Rated 28 Apr 2020
48
17th
This one seems to have mostly been done on autopilot. The characters scrambling to wrap things up really reflect the writers' scramble to wrap things up. The emperor is fun to watch, but there's no emotional catharsis to anything that happens, because this whole trilogy has shied away from giving any of the characters any meaningful emotional development. It's mostly just characters traveling to a series of locations and accomplishing a series of tasks to move things along.
Rated 28 Apr 2020
zaezae
Rated 31 Mar 2020
35
6th
Packed full of cliches and cheap fanservice callbacks in place of actual substance. If the prequel trilogy was a decent story told through an absolute trainwreck of a production, then the sequel trilogy is precisely the other way around.
Rated 31 Mar 2020
twincinematwincinema
Rated 11 Jan 2020
50
26th
Well, I guess we got a super wet Kylo Ren.
Rated 11 Jan 2020

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