CNN's "The Force Awakens" review CNN)After favorable initial reactions from Twitter, reviews from film critics seem to confirm an overwhelmingly positive response to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
The film currently holds a 97% "fresh" rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes -- with only two critics to have posted negative reviews thus far. 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".
Rey and Finn the young new heroes of the 'Star Wars' sequels.
Much of the praise was directed at J.J. Abrams, the producer/director/screenwriter largely responsible for kicking the series back into gear. Robbie Collin of The Telegraph argued that "J.J. Abrams's film sets out to shake Star Wars from its slumber, and reconnect the series with its muchpined-for past. That it achieves this both immediately and joyously is perhaps the single greatest relief of the movie-going year."