A review of...R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

How do you evaluate a twenty-minute mockumentary about a robot. You just have to
go along with the joke and if you do that with this film, you'll crack a smile.

This film, directed by Spencer Susser and Don Bies, has no grand purpose other than to
entertain its audience for about twenty minutes and it succeeds remarkably at that. The
interviewees include Ben Burtt, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Carrie Fisher and
George Lucas who all shine with their amusing recollections of how they became came to
know the title "droid."

In reality, R2 was played by actor Kenny Baker who is absent with the exception of archive
footage of him in character. Regardless, the cast is very funny but perhaps the greatest one
is Lee, a veteran of more than 220 films with them ranging from Frankenstein to Bond to
Star Wars. The idea that the great Christopher Lee agreed to do this rather quirky project
adds to its charm. It also gives the the usually stiff George Lucas an opportunity to show
his comical side and even he delivers a nice performance.

In all, this is an amusing and pleasent film
Rating: 10