Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

PG-13

Released Jul 11, 2014

2h 10m

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Adventure

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Ten years after simian flu wiped out much of the world's homosapiens, genetically enhanced chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his ever-growing band of followers have established a thriving colony just outside San Francisco in Muir Woods. Meanwhile, a small band of human survivors emerges, which forces Caesar -- as leader -- to grapple with the dual challenge of protecting his people and re-establishing a relationship with the remaining human population -- the latter being Caesar's secret wish.

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Critics Consensus

With intelligence and emotional resonance to match its stunning special effects, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes expands on its predecessor with an exciting and ambitious burst of sci-fi achievement.

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Shadow and Act Staff

Shadow and Act

The fact that “Dawn of The Planet of The Apes” is a summer tent-pole with a brain and a conscience shouldn’t be this refreshing...

Sep 14, 2022

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is still the best big budget summer movie of 2014.

Mar 21, 2017

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David Sims

AV Club

Dawn is not interested in staging conflict for the sake of it, and the misunderstandings and tensions that drive the plot don't always feel like contrivances.

Sep 22, 2016

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JD Duran

InSession Film

While Dawn of the Planet of the Apes can certainly stand on it's own two legs, the character building and set-up from Rise, makes Dawn a little bit more potent.

Rated: A

Aug 19, 2024

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Benjamin Wiebe

InSession Film

Positive, nuanced, and brilliant.

Rated: A-

Jul 25, 2024

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" maintains a credible tone of seriousness over farce while operating as evocative post-apocalyptic science fiction.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 7, 2024

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Brayden G

Intense Action packed movie and I love it with some emotional scenes. Best modern Planet of the apes film so far

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/25

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Daniel H

Dawn manged to capture everything good about the first film, and add ] much more. The relationship between Koba and Caesar is great, as well as the relationship of the apes and humans. a great setup for the third film, and a fun watch.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/25

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Daniel N

All 3 of the movies in this trilogy are amazing. Great direction, great writing, great casting and they all have the same feel about them. You can clearly tell they were made with love by someone who is passionate about what they do. They do a great job of telling the story of the apes rise and the humans demise. Still awesome to watch in 2025. Highly recommend.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/25

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Tony T

excellent writing and many dynamics make this yet another instant classic for the series

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/08/25

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Nathan M

A fun, interesting action movie. As well as being very deep in some ways, it was also those types of fun action movies. Deserves a 81%

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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Nos 4

It lost all the thought peice of the original planet of the apes and doesn't really add anything to the plot though I do have to give it some credit for that scene where the have the guns on horses but I kept falling asleep

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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Malcolm

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Synopsis

Ten years after simian flu wiped out much of the world's homosapiens, genetically enhanced chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his ever-growing band of followers have established a thriving colony just outside San Francisco in Muir Woods. Meanwhile, a small band of human survivors emerges, which forces Caesar -- as leader -- to grapple with the dual challenge of protecting his people and re-establishing a relationship with the remaining human population -- the latter being Caesar's secret wish.

Director: Matt Reeves
Producer: Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
Screenwriter: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Mark Bomback
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Chernin Entertainment, Ingenious Media
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Action/Violence|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 11, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $208.5M
Runtime: 2h 10m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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