Here is proof that Star Wars should be the first film any child sees. And here is proof that a 3-year-old is as good a film critic as most paid professionals.

To the first point: Star Wars is certainly a film that can be appreciated by all ages, but the fact that it’s simple enough for this toddler, regardless of how precocious she may be, shows just how broadly and universally it can be understood. This little girl has now already been introduced to the basics of myth and narrative and apparently can already identify the major character elements involved in such a story. As she has so astutely noted, there’s the mysterious teacher, the hero who must accomplish seemingly impossible tasks like blocking the “poky ball” without seeing, a princess who must be got out from her jail, a “siny” guy who always worries and a villain who mustn’t be talked back to (” … he’ll getcha”). And she of course recognizes the significance of narrative climax (such as something getting necessarily “blowed up”).

To the second point: as she says, “it’s an exciting movie.” What more do you need from a review than that opinion and the stripped-down analysis of the plot that precedes it? If she’s not the next Kael, she could at least already be submitting reviews to AICN.