Godzilla

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Godzilla

PG-13

Released May 16, 2014

2h 3m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe (Bryan Cranston). Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

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Critics Consensus

With just enough human drama to anchor the sweeping spectacle of giant monsters smashing everything in sight, Gareth Edwards' Godzilla satisfyingly restores the franchise's fire-breathing glory.

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David Sims

AV Club

Every time Edwards' Godzilla rears up, you stiffen with excitement. Every time he roars, Edwards wants you to feel it and wince.

Sep 22, 2016

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

'Godzilla' doesn't feel cynical; there's a sense of joy to the picture, of honest-to-God fun, which separates it from many of its summer movie brethren.

Jun 18, 2016

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Richard Lawson

Vanity Fair

This isn't a thinking man's Godzilla, exactly, but it's certainly clever where it counts.

Jan 5, 2015

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Amazingly, “Godzilla,” while actually having a trainwreck in it (two in fact), is not a complete trainwreck itself.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 14, 2024

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Godzilla isn’t a perfect film by any means, but it takes aspects of what we know about Godzilla and pieced it together in a way that felt real, intense and big.

Rated: A-

Aug 19, 2024

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Cory Woodroof

For the Win (USA Today)

It’s a stunner in every sense of the word.

Mar 28, 2024

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Laze T

It was pretty good a little more Godzilla would have been nice but yea thats it

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Audience Member

as the first monsterverse film, Godzilla offers beautiful visuals and great monster action(if it did take a little while) and some solid performances. On the other hand, the storytelling is often rushed and frustrating, and the execution is often sporadic. I would go into depth on what I’m talking about, but who’s gonna read all that? 6.4/10

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/18/25

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Obi-wan K

Like mid in this movie was kinda boring but where it continued it got a bit better. And a good cast and top cgi

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Kat A

I love a good monster movie and this made such an impact into the genre. It is a brilliant return for one of the most famous out there. The real beauty of this film is in the sound editing and the attention paid to how monstrous creatures affect the environment around the humans. The monster noises resonated with me and intrigued me, making an overall darkly lit movie more imaginative. Their attention to detail was evident in the realistic horror of an impending tsunami and animals fleeing before the monsters showed up. I recommend this to anyone who loves a good monster.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Daniel N

Have really enjoyed all of the Godzilla and Kong movies in this universe. Much better than previous attempts. Giant monsters fighting each other is always good fun and the movies have nice mix of action, drama and excitement. Everything you want from a monster movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/26/24

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Maxime B

Every scene have their things that I can truly feel, Edward did a very great job in Godzilla. Even the scene where the people are in the city and they’re watching monsters, it’s very real because we have their point of view, so the monsters feel really big on screen. That’s one of the reason why it’s my favourite Godzilla movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

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Synopsis

Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe (Bryan Cranston). Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

Director: Gareth Edwards
Producer: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Brian Rogers
Screenwriter: Max Borenstein
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Disruption Entertainment, Legendary Pictures, Legendary Entertainment, Warner Bros.
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Seq. of Destruction|Creature Violence|Mayhem)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $200.7M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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