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Beowulf

PG-13 Released Nov 16, 2007 1h 54m Adventure Action Fantasy Animation TRAILER for List
71% Tomatometer 194 Reviews 50% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
In the age of heroes, a mighty warrior named Beowulf (Ray Winstone) arrives at the court of King Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) and offers to rid the kingdom of a vicious demon called Grendel. He successfully slays the beast but thus incurs the wrath of Grendel's mother (Angelina Jolie), a creature as vicious and vengeful as she is seductive.
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Featuring groundbreaking animation, stunning visuals, and a talented cast, Beowulf has in spades what more faithful book adaptations forget to bring: pure cinematic entertainment.

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Namrata Joshi Outlook Expectedly, there are large-scale, edge-of-the seat clashes and some classic savage scenes. There are other interesting touches and some quirky emotions. It's a philosophical play on what it means to be a warrior. Rated: 2/4 Jan 25, 2019 Full Review Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: B Feb 18, 2012 Full Review Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Rated: 4/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Mattie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) The characters up on screen seem like living, breathing people. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 6, 2019 Full Review Kaleem Aftab The List Avary and Gaiman lay on the sexual innuendo and adultery, fleshing out the character of Beowulf into a believably unreliable narrator. Rated: 4/5 Nov 3, 2018 Full Review Alex Fletcher Digital Spy It's a superb action flick that will have you wide-eyed in awe at its effects; just don't go expecting any kind of literary discussion. Rated: 4/5 Jul 14, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Liam D Easily the best motion capture film Robert Zemeckis (Tales from the Crypt, Used Cars) has made. The character animation is a bit wonky but the willingness to push the PG-13 rating, respectfulness to the source material, solid acting and epic score by frequent collaborator Alan Silvestri (Amazing Stories, Cop and ½) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/21/24 Full Review alan g Beautifully animated. The characters are depicted with seemingly real emotions. Some are better than real human actors. Good story telling. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/04/24 Full Review Faiz D Just a wonderful visual feast. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review Jeremy H I suggest be in the imagination mindset. And at 7 mins into the movie In my opinion the best CGI/ GRAPHICS OF anything character of the movie. At seven mins in you see a real realistic animation of a 🐶 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/07/23 Full Review Robert M As a viewer who has never seen this movie, I think my viewpoint is a fresh, unbiased opinion. My first reaction was "what is wrong with Beowulf's face...really bad CGI"? 2nd, Angelina Jolie CGI looks great but her dialogue is comical. Even the great Anthony Hopkins' dialogue and acting seems mis-directed. So, bad CGI, bad dialogue, comical acting, no direction and an Omen-like soundtrack...Oof, a stinker. I see some viewers gave it 5 stars, a masterpiece...Why? And why is the name Beowulf said every 2 minutes? It is like the Director is desperate to make the name legendary...in case you forget the movie's title. With such a stellar cast, legendary story and a veteran director, how did they manage to botch it so badly? It makes me want to scan YouTube for "The Making of..." to see what factors accounted for this stinker. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/16/23 Full Review Robert C whoa whoa whoa this was severely underrated! loved it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Beowulf: Official Clip - Dragon Attack Beowulf: Official Clip - Dragon Attack 1:44 Beowulf: Official Clip - Beowulf Shall Be King Beowulf: Official Clip - Beowulf Shall Be King 2:08 Beowulf: Official Clip - I Am Beowulf Beowulf: Official Clip - I Am Beowulf 1:31 Beowulf: Official Clip - Slaying the Dragon Beowulf: Official Clip - Slaying the Dragon 2:03 Beowulf: Official Clip - Dragon Flight Beowulf: Official Clip - Dragon Flight 2:14 Beowulf: Official Clip - The Demon Grendel Beowulf: Official Clip - The Demon Grendel 2:04 Beowulf: Official Clip - The Royal Dragon Horn Beowulf: Official Clip - The Royal Dragon Horn 2:08 Beowulf: Official Clip - What Do You Know of Me, Demon? Beowulf: Official Clip - What Do You Know of Me, Demon? 2:08 Beowulf: Official Clip - Sea Monsters Beowulf: Official Clip - Sea Monsters 1:14 Beowulf: Official Clip - They Say You Have A Monster Here Beowulf: Official Clip - They Say You Have A Monster Here 1:05 View more videos
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Synopsis In the age of heroes, a mighty warrior named Beowulf (Ray Winstone) arrives at the court of King Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) and offers to rid the kingdom of a vicious demon called Grendel. He successfully slays the beast but thus incurs the wrath of Grendel's mother (Angelina Jolie), a creature as vicious and vengeful as she is seductive.
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Producer
Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke
Screenwriter
Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
ImageMovers, Warner Bros., Shangri-La Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Disturbing Images|Nudity|Some Sexual Material)
Genre
Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 16, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$82.2M
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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