Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: “‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ is a crackingly enjoyable adventure which frankly deserves full episode status in the great franchise, not just one of these intermittent place-holding iterations. Ron Howard was born to direct it.” As for Alden Ehrenreich, he “absolutely crushes the role to powder, swaggeringly reviving the memory of the young Harrison Ford’s romantic gallantry.” Read more. He bonds so quickly and firmly with Chewbacca that he’s hardly a Solo act at all — he’s Han Duo. He’s rarely even alone onscreen!” Read more. Cary Darling, The Houston Chronicle: “Workmanlike, yet blithely entertaining,” the movie has “three big plusses: Since ‘Solo’ is not part of the main ‘Star Wars’ story line, no one’s trying to blow up a Death Star; after a slow start, there are some welcome twists in the third act that are going to send die-hard fans into hyper-drive; and Donald Glover is grand as pre-Billy Dee Williams Lando Calrissian.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2018 22:52 UTC