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11/24/07
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Beowulf (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 182
Fresh: 128
Rotten:54
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Consensus: Featuring groundbreaking animation, stunning visuals, and a talented cast, Beowulf has in spades what more faithful book adaptations forget to bring: pure cinematic entertainment.
Theatrical Release: 16-11-2007
Synopsis: Director Robert Zemeckis mines the epic Old English poem for his latest action adventure to feature performance capture animation. The medieval tale was adapted for the screen by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery, and no doubt it bears little... [More]
Starring: Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Reviews for Beowulf
The film is surprisingly thoughtful about adult relationships and human fallibility, while the eerie animation of its stars, like it or not, seems to mark an important development for the future of film.
11/16/07
There's plenty of campery, inevitable when you have Anthony Hopkins and John Malkovich in the voice cast, but for all the ham-inatronic moments, it looks terrific.
11/16/07
This ancient tale of heroism and betrayal is brought slap bang up to date in an computer-generated sword-and-sandals adventure that, while a little on the long side, gets a big thumbs up due to some jaw-thunking special effects.
11/16/07
A movie that’s adequate rather than electric, leaving you satisfied but hardly excited.
11/16/07
Adapted with refreshing irreverence by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, even if students of the Anglo-Saxon text may be taken aback by some of their coarser liberties.
11/16/07
Top Critic once you have acclimatised yourself to the animation style, it tells a cracking good story, and the screenplay by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary conjures a secret history of vulnerability and human weakness behind the legend.
11/16/07
Top Critic
The background work is smashing, though nothing like as detailed as Pixar's Ratatouille and, if the screenplay does one thing decently, it is to make some sort of sense of a most confusing story.
11/15/07
One of those rare blockbuster-type productions that works well thanks to its intelligent script and visual splendour.
11/15/07
Top Critic Visually, there's little to quibble about - but to luxuriate in its full gory glory you'll have to head for a cinema, or preferably, a 3D Imax theatre. Waiting for the DVD is not an option.
11/15/07
Top Critic
Top Critic Hugely enjoyable, smartly written and stunningly animated fantasy epic, even if they haven't quite got the eyes right.
11/15/07
The epic poem is brought entertainingly to life by an extremely gifted cast and crew. Although the motion-capture animation style leaves us with a couple of big questions. Mainly, 'Why?'
11/15/07
When computer animation looks this authentic, you wonder why they didn't just do it for real and have done with it. But we'll own up to being mightily impressed by the visuals.
11/14/07
It’s not a reinvention of the wheel, but in 3D this is an astonishing experience that borders on ‘must-see.'
11/13/07
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