Phantom Menace is a super fun movie. Pure Star Wars. I've used it as an entry to the series for all of my kids (then I skip ahead to the OT to not ruin the twist).
I've generally found that most people who didn't like are people who were already adults when it came out, and had a different vision of what they wanted it to be.
I've generally found that most people who didn't like are people who were already adults when it came out, and had a different vision of what they wanted it to be.