Rise of the Guardians

PG

Released Nov 21, 2012

1 hr. 37 min.

Kids & Family

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

List

74%

161 Reviews

Tomatometer

80%

100,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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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Critics Consensus

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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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

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Luis c G

my aunt loves this movie too much, but it was enjoyable. also you know it's gonna be a good movie if it has Chris Pine

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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Mark M

This movie is the best!!! No debate! No discussion!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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Winter B

ok chrimas movie feels ok

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/24/23

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Emoji M

They shall rise because this is a really great movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/16/23

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Michelle L

I very much enjoyed this film. very cute and I wish it had a sequel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/16/23

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Peter Ramsey

Director

Chris Pine

Jack Frost

Alec Baldwin

North

Jude Law

Pitch Black

Isla Fisher

Tooth

Hugh Jackman

Bunny

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Sentenced to Solitude

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - The Sandman vs. Pitch

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Dreams Come True

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Battling the Boogeyman

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Guardians Reassemble

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - The Origin of Jack Frost

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Easter Egg Land

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - A New Guardian

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Not Your Grandma's Sleigh

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Rise of the Guardians: Official Clip - Honorary Tooth Fairies

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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

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Richard Roeper

Richard Roeper.com

Less-than-compelling storyline.

Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 4, 2012

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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

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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

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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

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Rise of the Guardians isn't a masterpiece, but it's an enjoyable film and very well suited for this time of year.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 21, 2020

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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
Executive Producer: William Joyce, Guillermo del Toro, Michael Siegel
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

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