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Rise of the Guardians

Play trailer Poster for Rise of the Guardians PG Released Nov 21, 2012 1h 37m Kids & Family Adventure Fantasy Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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Generation after generation, immortal Guardians like Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) protect the world's children from darkness and despair. However, an evil boogeyman named Pitch Black (Jude Law) schemes to overthrow the Guardians by obliterating children's belief in them. It falls to a winter sprite named Jack Frost (Chris Pine) to thwart Pitch's plans and save the Guardians from destruction.
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A sort of Avengers for the elementary school set, Rise of the Guardians is wonderfully animated and briskly paced, but it's only so-so in the storytelling department.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Charming, sweet and enchanting, but not without its flaws, Rise of the Guardians is the hopeful, feel-good movie for kids that's fitting for holiday movie watching with the family. Rated: B Sep 7, 2017 Full Review Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Rise of the Guardians is harmless enough, and the lack of easy pop-culture jokes represents the post-Shrek direction of DreamWorks well enough. But this is the studio's least entertaining film. Rated: 1.5/4 Nov 30, 2012 Full Review Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor The conceit has its charms but too much of this movie, directed by Peter Ramsey, is more clamorous than inspired, and little kids might find parts of it too scarily intense. Rated: C+ Nov 30, 2012 Full Review Cory Woodroof For the Win (USA Today) Peter Ramsey’s William Joyce adaptation is one of the most underrated animated films of the 2010s, a stirring fantasy adventure with some of the most gorgeous imagery the studio has ever produced. Sep 25, 2024 Full Review Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) As with The Avengers, each of the characters is given their time to shine and is nicely developed, while a tidy sense of humour sparkles on top of the darker undercurrents of the story. Rated: 4/5 Mar 6, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review [The film] has an intriguing premise that makes you wish the writers had spent more time developing the conflict. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 21, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mindy J I'm so glad I finally got to see this on the big screen! This movie's become a holiday classic for me but it's also just a fun movie in general. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/12/23 Full Review Pedro Henrique C Rating 6.5 is a very interesting film that shows how good it is to have friends and work together. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Audience Member A big Movie of my childhood, it has such an intense and dark Story that this movie tells. Even as an Adult I love to watch it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review TROY S It's good! It's very entertaining and it's just fun! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Miranda V Best movie I ever saw Jack being my first crush too😍 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/22/24 Full Review Guadalupe R La película es palomera y no es tan mala como dicen algunos, este tipo de película son las DreamWorks antes se ariagaba a ser historia ingredientes e historias emotivas antes Simplemente no se les dio la oportunidad de volver con algo nuevo y me atrevo a decir que si la película ubieran tenido éxito lo más posible esque allamos tenido una muy buena trilogía, serie de cortos o incluso más mercancía Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Sentenced to Solitude Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Sentenced to Solitude 3:21 Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - The Sandman vs. Pitch Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - The Sandman vs. Pitch 3:32 Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Dreams Come True Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Dreams Come True 3:19 Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Battling the Boogeyman Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Battling the Boogeyman 3:44 Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Guardians Reassemble Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Guardians Reassemble 3:58 Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - The Origin of Jack Frost Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - The Origin of Jack Frost 2:59 Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Easter Egg Land Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Easter Egg Land 3:25 Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - A New Guardian Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - A New Guardian 4:32 Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Not Your Grandma's Sleigh Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Not Your Grandma's Sleigh 3:25 Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Honorary Tooth Fairies Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Honorary Tooth Fairies 2:57 View more videos
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Synopsis Generation after generation, immortal Guardians like Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) protect the world's children from darkness and despair. However, an evil boogeyman named Pitch Black (Jude Law) schemes to overthrow the Guardians by obliterating children's belief in them. It falls to a winter sprite named Jack Frost (Chris Pine) to thwart Pitch's plans and save the Guardians from destruction.
Director
Peter Ramsey
Producer
Christina Steinberg, Nancy Bernstein
Screenwriter
David Lindsay-Abaire
Distributor
Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG
Production Co
DreamWorks Animation
Rating
PG (Thematic Elements|Some Mildly Scary Action)
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 21, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$103.4M
Runtime
1h 37m
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