Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)

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Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna - "Love the Hard Way" (2001)
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Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.
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Rating: PG
Release Date: May 16, 2002
Running Time: 132 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
director: George Lucas
synopsis
Set ten years after the events of "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", not only has the galaxy undergone significant change, but so have our familiar heroes Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala, and Anakin Skywalker, as they are thrown together again for the first time since the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo. Anakin has grown into the accomplished Jedi apprentice of Obi-Wan, who himself has transitioned from student to teacher. The two Jedi are assigned to protect Padme whose life is threatened by a faction of political separatists. As relationships form and powerful forces collide, these heroes face choices that will impact not only their own fates, but the destiny of the Republic.
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The stellar performance of the movie is Ewan McGregor's as Obi-Wan Kenobi. You can feel Ewan almost channeling Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan in Episode IV), as he's matured into his Jedi robes, with an all-pervasive sense of solemnity and calm surrounding his persona. That's despite the almost B-movie grade dialogue throughout the entire movie. Hayden Christensen (Anakin) and Natalie Portman (Padmé) can't rise above their often clunky lines (of everyone, they're stuck with the worst dialogue), but… Continued

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rating November 20, 2002
We all saw the movie and then wondered why. Could acting be more wooden, especially by Hayden Christensen as Luke and Natalie Portman as his lady? But George Lucas remains a master of FX, and this two-disc presentation detailing the film's digital breakthroughs would earn four stars if that bloodless plot didn't keep dragging it down.

PETER TRAVERS
(November 28, 2002)

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Young Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Queen Padme Naberrie Amidala
Anakin Skywalker
Darth Sidious
Shmi Skywalker
Jar Jar Binks
Jedi Knight Mace Windu
of Yoda
of Watto
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Executive Producer

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