Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

PG

Released Sep 24, 2010

1h 31m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

List

52%

134 Reviews

Tomatometer

64%

50,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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

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

Rated: 3/5

Aug 24, 2018

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Rated: 3/4

Nov 24, 2011

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

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

Rated: 2/5

Oct 22, 2010

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 3, 2023

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James McMahon

NME (New Musical Express)

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

Rated: 3.5/5

May 20, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

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

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 13, 2020

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Seth P

Fantastic and beautiful movie, definitely deserves a sequel and I know so many people that would pay to watch too. Such a good movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/06/24

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Hussain M

Although the movie did not adapt the books perfectly, it was a wonderful piece of film and deserves a sequel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Nathaniel G

So underrated. One of the most amazing animation movie ever. It is beautiful and the story is fabulous.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/13/24

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Cath T

Delicately based in Australia (and I love the accents), this film serves tingle-inducing visuals, incredible graphics (especially for 2010!?), memorable yet coordinated characters, all combined into a moving and awesome chronicle. I have rewatched this every year since it came out and it's a seriously underrated film. My only critique - they didn't make more.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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It was one of my favourite movies when i was a kid. Yet the books are way better and the movie doesn't manage to show nearly as much as it needs. I get the books are way darker than the film, but come on I wanted to see some of the things in them.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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Marcela B

It is a beautiful film, it develops each character very well, breaks some stereotypes and each action scene is as exciting and epic as any of the most acclaimed of this style.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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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: Donald De Line, Deborah Snyder, Lionel Wigram, Christopher DeFaria, Kathryn Lasky, Bruce Berman
Screenwriter: John Orloff, Emil Stern
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Animal Logic, Village Roadshow Entertainment
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: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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