Beowulf

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Beowulf

PG-13

Released Nov 16, 2007

1h 54m

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

Animation

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: B

Feb 18, 2012

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Rated: 4/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Mattie Lucas

The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)

The characters up on screen seem like living, breathing people.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 6, 2019

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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

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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

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Johann S

Great interpretation of the classic story. Damn good visuals, music and performances.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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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

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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

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Faiz D

Just a wonderful visual feast.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/29/24

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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

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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

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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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