Despite all the holiday activities and prep happening everywhere, last week’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens release stopped everyone in their tracks. Why not take a night off from holiday shopping, prep work and parties to head to the movies with the whole family? It’s the perfect way to spend some time together, have a fun night out and check out the latest installment in the Star wars series. If you haven’t seen it, no spoilers, but the reviews are in. Keep reading for a few highlights and for the full scoop, click here.
‘After favorable initial reactions from Twitter, reviews from film critics seem to confirm an overwhelmingly positive response to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”’ (via CNN)
Story, characters, design, humor — #StarWars fans, this is the movie you’re looking for.
— Rebecca Keegan (@ThatRebecca) December 15, 2015
Even Rob Lowe loved the new film:
There’s a new hero in town, in a movie that DELIVERS. Cried like a baby, whooped like a teen! #StarWarsForceAwakens pic.twitter.com/apo0EHr7EA
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 15, 2015
According to CNN, “Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly called the film “a rollicking adventure wrapped in epic mythology,” whilst Ann Hornaday from The Washington Post said “‘The Force Awakens’ strikes all the right chords, emotional and narrative, to feel both familiar and exhilaratingly new”’.
