Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

PG

2010

1h 31m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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A father owl's tales of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole enthrall his son Soren, but an older son scoffs at the stories of winged warriors who fought an epic battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. Later the brothers become captives of the Pure Ones, but Soren makes a daring escape and, with the help of other young owls, seeks out the Guardians and brings them back to defend their people once again.

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Critics Consensus

Legend of the Guardians' dark tone and dazzling visuals are to be admired, even if they're ultimately let down by a story that never lives up to its full potential.

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

08/24/2018

3/5

With jeopardy at almost every turn, this is certainly no movie for toddlers.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

10/22/2010

2/5

We're left with something gorgeous, turgid, and emotionally impenetrable -- less a movie, more an Imax screensaver.

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John Walsh

Independent (UK)

10/22/2010

3/5

The stars of this computerised epic are the Design and Art departments, who provide stunning landscapes, caves and kingdoms, and whose 3D magic is genuinely thrilling.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/03/2023

1.5/4

Once again, Snyder backs a project more about visual presentation than storytelling, a trend that’s getting old for those waiting for the director to turn out a film worthy of his evident talent.

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James McMahon

NME (New Musical Express)

05/20/2021

3.5/5

An intelligent, often thrilling excuse to soar the skies with a beauty and grace rarely found in digital animation outside of the Pixar stable.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/13/2020

3.0/4.0

A likely Oscar nominee this year almost solely on the basis of its wondrous visuals.

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Brendan K

@Bkeller25 6d

An animation marvel visually, even 15 years later. Great voice acting and has plenty of amusing moments. My only issue with the film is that its very brisk pace can feel overwhelming. It doesn't have many moments to breathe, which on one hand helps keep the film feel exciting, but some parts I wish were more developed (especially learning to fly). I can see kids being confused at times. The movie is only about an hour and a half long, which is atypical for Snyder. It's also his only movie that isn't PG-13 or R. It's a shame we never got a sequel because overall I had a great time with this one.

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Walter T

Dec 2

Love the movie it’s great

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 Nov 9

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) It's a really fun and charming movie, it was a great surprise for me. The visuals and cinematography are the best part.

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Sebastian Teody G

Sep 13

will forever be one of my favourite movies.

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Briauna L

Sep 8

I wish they made the second movie, even in 2025 the absolute artwork that this movie is still holds up.

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Taylor D

Aug 17

I enjoyed the movie and wish they would make another. My kids really enjoyed it as well. My oldest read the books and said they did a good job of staying along the story line. The animations were phenomenal and actually left us wanting to learn about owls. The series definitely needs to be completed.

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Synopsis

A father owl's tales of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole enthrall his son Soren, but an older son scoffs at the stories of winged warriors who fought an epic battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. Later the brothers become captives of the Pure Ones, but Soren makes a daring escape and, with the help of other young owls, seeks out the Guardians and brings them back to defend their people once again.

Director: Zack Snyder
Producer: Zareh Nalbandian
Screenwriter: John Orloff, Emil Stern
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Village Roadshow Entertainment, Animal Logic
Rating: PG (Some Sequences of Scary Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 24, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.7M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS

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