Star Wars: The Force Awakens

"There are very few films which leave me facially exhausted after grinning for 135 minutes, but this is one (...) I had a feeling in the cinema I haven’t had since I was 16: not knowing whether to burst into tears or into applause (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Abrams’s film sets out to shake Star Wars from its slumber, and reconnect the series with its much-pined-for past. That it achieves this both immediately and joyously is perhaps the single greatest relief of the movie-going year (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"If you were to make a list of the essential ingredients of a Star Wars film, you would find almost all in J.J. Abrams’ wake-up call to this sleeping giant of a franchise (...) Kylo Ren is the best villain that the franchise has ever produced (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"The best Star Wars anything in at least 32 years (...) The Force Awakens pumps new energy and life into a hallowed franchise in a way that both resurrects old pleasures and points in promising new directions" 

"J.J. Abrams resuscitates a franchise (...) It's everything the kid in us goes to the movies for -- marvelous adventure that leaves us surprised, scared and euphoric (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"Star Wars’ was decent, but it’s no classic. (...) the shamelessness with which “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” replays the franchise’s greatest hits is startling. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" 

"Abrams understands what Lucas never quite figured out: that we’re less interested in the science fiction future than we are in revisiting the past (...) We want to recapture what it felt like the first time (...) We want to go home. Star Wars: The Force Awakens takes us there"