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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Play trailer Poster for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole PG Released Sep 24, 2010 1h 31m Kids & Family Adventure Fantasy Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review Ty Burr Boston Globe Rated: 3/4 Nov 24, 2011 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member It's an amazing movie and leaves room for atleast another movie to this wonderful series. The visuals are wonderful and it's a shame we never got more of it. And seeing as this movie only covers the first three books there plenty of room for more in this! Though some may disagree it's a wonderful movie and I grew up on it and would die for another! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/26/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/08/25 Full Review Gyv E From the first time I watched it years ago until now, rewatching this beautiful movie has been a blessing. The visuals are soooooo good, so are the voice actors, perfectly casted. Not sure how critics pan it for the story but it's not that flawed. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/07/25 Full Review Stephen C Success in 1 hour and 31 minutes!!!!!!!!! Rated PG for Some Sequences of Scary Action!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $55,700,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review Lenny J I LOVE THIS movie so much words cannot explain it! But i seriously love the story and the artstyle! Like im gasping for how low these reviews are! Anyways this is such a great movie in my opinion everything from the beginning to the end. Id say this is my comfort movie! I love this movie so much. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/12/25 Full Review Benjamin S 10/10 movie, i watch it with my siblings all the time! The animation is stunning for a movie made in 2010, the voice actors did an amazing job, and the story is phenomenal. I think the only reason it didn’t get the attention it deserved was because it was competing against movies like httyd, brave, tangled, mega mind, etc. TLDR: please watch this movie I beg you Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/26/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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