Wow, Hayden Christensen should have never had to read George Lucas' dialogue.> Closer to a 3.5I knew little to nothing about the true story, but had this on my watchlist for a while due to the acclaim Hayden Christensen received. Having seen it, I think people were too harsh on him for the prequels. There is a ton about this movie I liked, such as the supporting performances from actors like Peter Sarsgaard and Chloë Sevigny, and the overall telling of this story. What affects this movie from being truly great to me is that, at some point, I felt this movie was mostly driven by its performances as opposed to other technical capabilities apart from good moments of editing sprinkled throughout, but the movie. For a 93-minute movie, this obviously flew by, and they do tackle quite a few interesting topics, but I feel they could have gone deeper into how this would affect the New Republic and the backlash. Christensen is great, and he is the glue holding this film together, but I wish we could have gotten more reaction and depth for this to truly be great.

Wow, Hayden Christensen should have never had to read George Lucas' dialogue.> Closer to a 3.5I knew little to nothing about the true story, but had this on my watchlist for a while due to the acclaim Hayden Christensen received. Having seen it, I think people were too harsh on him for the prequels. There is a ton about this movie I liked, such as the supporting performances from actors like Peter Sarsgaard and Chloë Sevigny, and the overall telling of this story. What affects this movie from being truly great to me is that, at some point, I felt this movie was mostly driven by its performances as opposed to other technical capabilities apart from good moments of editing sprinkled throughout, but the movie. For a 93-minute movie, this obviously flew by, and they do tackle quite a few interesting topics, but I feel they could have gone deeper into how this would affect the New Republic and the backlash. Christensen is great, and he is the glue holding this film together, but I wish we could have gotten more reaction and depth for this to truly be great.