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Beowulf (2007)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

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In a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf battles the demon Grendel and incurs the wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother. Their epic clash forges the timeless legend of Beowulf.

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From Time Out Chicago

Perhaps it’s best to see Zemeckis’s animated Beowulf in IMAX, where the 3-D dimness only enhances the sense of immersion in an age before electric light. You are there, in A.D. 567 Denmark, as Glover’s slobbering Grendel, Jolie’s nekkid water demon and a nasty-ass dragon take on Beowulf (Winstone), with their tentacular parries literally thrust in your face. No doubt paired through Writers Guild Mad Libs, screenwriters Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary rework character and structure, adding enough action to fill a Lord of the Rings movie. But the mere idea of a multiplex Beowulf is enough of a hoot. If we must have mead halls, let them be populated by rogues like Malkovich.

Author: Ben Kenigsberg 2007-11-16 23:22:03

Time Out Chicago Issue 143: November 22–28, 2007