Parent reviews for Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones

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Common Sense says

age 9+

Based on our expert review

Parents say

age 9+

Based on 47 reviews

Kids say

age 9+

Based on 176 reviews

age 8+

Fans don’t know what they are talking about

Why do people not like this epic movie?

This title has:

Great role models
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age 8+

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
Too much violence
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age 7+
age 8+

A little boring, but in the end what Star Wars fans are hoping for.

UH OH! Anakin kills everyone (men, women, children) who were in the town that killed his mother, and starts to go to the dark side a teeny bit. There is a huge battle at the end with no blood but lots of death. The romance is boring.

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Too much violence
Too much sex
age 10+
age 10+

Star Wars' violence continues to get worse

I would not recommend this. I think Disney did a better job with Star Wars. George Lucas' trilogy I have to say, was not what I liked. I recommend the 3 movies in the sequel trilogy instead of this.

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Too much violence
age 6+

A bit more violent than episode I

My nephew saw this film when he was 6 and he wasn’t really bored by the romance since he didn’t care cause he wanted to see the action. While being a little more violent than the first it’s still fine for 6+

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Too much violence
age 9+

Disappointing, But Not As Bad As Some Say

Attack of the Clones could have been soooooo much better had they cut out half the romance. Almost all of the cringe and "slowness" people are talking about stems from Anakin and Padme's constant flirting. However, apart from the romance, there are some pretty cool battle scenes in this movie. One of the better parts of the film is Obi-Wan's journey by himself. In fact, that is almost the sole thing saving this movie from a lower rating. So I would still recommend it to fans of Star Wars, but only because it is one of the main chapters. My 3 stars basically stands for "eehhhhhhh, its alright".
age 10+

Extremely underrated Star Wars movie has a mixture of romance and action but is darker then usual

Suggested MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sci-fi action and violence, sensuality, and disturbing images
age 11+

Second Star Wars Prequel Less Thrilling than its Predecessor

I can honestly say that I enjoyed this movie despite it being one of the most criticized films in Star Wars history. There are some notable fight scenes (Yoda vs Count Dooku and Obi-Wan vs. Jango Fett) but nothing memorable enough to make me want to pop this movie in to watch those scenes over. There is a particularly perilous scene in the droid factory, which could make younger kids nervous. An alien monster slashes the back of Senator Amidala, drawing blood. A young boy witnesses the death of his father. Count Dooku slices off the arm of Anakin Skywalker. Anakin gets angry and admits to killing not only men, but women and children as well (this isn't shown on screen). Like CSM stated, the romance in this movie is heavy, and in my opinion, is rather cheesy. This kind of banter between Skywalker and Padme might definitely bore younger children. Watching it years ago, I was bored by this movie. You can see Anakin's descent to the dark side slowly growing (which culminates in the next episode). Despite being considered a hero, and a notable Jedi, Anakin shows himself to be extremely conflicted throughout the movie, very possessive of his romantic interest, Senator Padme and angry that he is not given the respect he believes that he deserves by other Jedi. Anakin is not a good role model for kids in this movie, and is far from the innocent boy we saw in Episode I.