Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Force Awakens is set approximately 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi, where the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire have become the Resistance and the First Order, respectively. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a rag-tag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance.
17 July 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA
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December 18, 2016
JJ Abrams's sequel has, thank the Lord, delivered, with John Boyega and Daisy Ridley proving up to the challenge, too.
December 21, 2015
The new movie, as an act of pure storytelling, streams by with fluency and zip.
December 17, 2015
It's everything the kid in us goes to the movies for -- marvelous adventure that leaves us surprised, scared and euphoric.
November 14, 2016
The Force Awakens takes its legions of rabid fanboys very seriously, throwing them meaty bone after bone.
February 24, 2017
Abrams makes the Star Wars movie every fan wants to see, and it succeeds effortlessly at doing more than merely cashing in on nostalgia.
January 04, 2016
Despite the copious servings of tragic threats and good feelings, the production sinks under the weight of its emotional calculation.
December 20, 2015
That's what's so impressive about the tricky balancing act Abrams has pulled off with The Force Awakens: He's made a movie that's simultaneously gripping and a huge release. We are in good hands, at last.
January 10, 2017
I've been sold on the rich possibilities of these new movies. I'm letting the Force in this time.
July 14, 2016
The Force Awakens is fun. I'm not sure that it's great. ... But on the heels of the prequels, well, maybe fun is all we really need.
December 17, 2015
I bet you'll have fun - I did, mostly. But it's the fun of seeing something fairly successfully redone, with the promise of more of the same to come.
July 19, 2016
It's a big Star Wars universe out there and Abrams has just made it bigger again with this mix of fan boy homage and a fresh and quirky vision of his own.
December 19, 2015
With The Force Awakens, Abrams has begun one of the most important reclamation projects of our time: the complete erasure from cultural memory of The Phantom Menace and its sequels.
