‘Rogue One’ Reviews: Here’s What the Critics Say
Movie critics got their first look at “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” on Monday night. As their reviews spread across the internet on Tuesday, it became clear there was little consensus about the film. The reviews were mostly positive, but there were several notable exceptions.
Let’s start with, oh, to pick one at random, The New York Times. A.O. Scott called it a “thoroughly mediocre movie” with “a surprisingly hackish script.”
The Miami Herald was also underwhelmed. Rene Rodriguez said the end was rousing, but the journey there was “about as exciting as a long drive down the Florida Turnpike.”
In USA Today, Brian Truitt said the movie was undermined by its ties to the original trilogy, and it “misses a real chance to turn the familiar into something remarkable.”
Stephanie Zacharek wrote in Time that it was “almost pedantic in its inoffensiveness.”
The New Yorker was perhaps the most harsh. Calling the film “lobotomized and depersonalized,” Richard Brody…
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