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Beowulf

2007

Robert Zemeckis

Animation, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich ...

5.8

24,238

Animation. Adventure. Fantasy. Action In a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf battles the demon Grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother. Their epic clash forges the timeless legend of Beowulf. Groundbreaking director Robert Zemeckis offers a unique vision of the Beowulf saga in a way that it has never been told before.

	Author	Review
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"[It turns] turn the heroic poem into a vibrant, nerve-tingling piece of pop culture (...) Audiences will experience total immersion into the world of Beowulf best in 3-D."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It’s outrageously entertaining (...) Zemeckis springs so many pow 3-D surprises you’ll think 'Beowulf' is your own private fun house (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Richard Corliss Time	"It's got power and depth"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The 3-D is necessary to the film only in so far as it keeps your eyes engaged when your mind starts to wander (...) Its cadences, deep history and context, this film version of “Beowulf” doesn’t offer much beyond 3-D oohs and ahs"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tom Ambrose Empire	"It's not a reinvention of the wheel, but it raises the bar for what James Cameron is planning with Avatar. And you'll be glad to know that the creepy dead eyes thing has been fixed (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"'Beowulf' couldn't be less faithful to the original epic poem, and that's actually a good thing for moviegoers. It's a lot more fun than the mythic adventure most of us read in school. (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] is wildly silly and there are a few groanworthy moments (...) But once you have acclimatised yourself to the animation style, it tells a cracking good story (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"I'm not complaining. I'm serious when I say the movie is funny (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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