Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: reviews

What the critics say average 6.6 from 8 outlets

• 8.0 EmpireJames Dyer "The ultimate Star Wars fan film, it?s short on whimsy but when it gets going there?s enough risk-taking and spectacle to bode well for future standalones". Read
• 8.0 The TelegraphRobbie Collin "But in its best moments, there's a yarn-spinning intimacy to it too - an old war story told around a spectacular campfire". Read
• 8.0 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy "What fans will get here is loads of action, great effects, good comic relief, stunning locations (Iceland, Jordan and the Maldives) and some intriguing early glimpses of the Galactic Empire as it begins to flex its inter-galactic power". Read
• 8.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw "This is another really entertaining fantasy with fan-fiction energy and attack". Read
• 7.0 VarietyPeter Debruge "Director Gareth Edwards has finally made the first ?Star Wars? movie for grown-ups". Read
• 5.8 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich Not only is 'Rogue One' the rare modern blockbuster that could have afforded to risk something real, it's the rare modern blockbuster that gave itself a genuine responsibility to do so. And yet, for all of its excitement and occasional splendor, there's nothing the least bit rebellious about it. It could have been special, instead it's just... forced. Read
• 5.0 TimeStephanie Zacharek "The story hits every expected beat, right when you expect it to. And it squanders some of its best resources". Read
• 3.0 The New YorkerRichard Brody " 'Rogue One' isn?t so much a movie as a feature-length promotional film for itself; it?s a movie that is still waiting to be made". Read