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Beowulf (2007)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Synopsis
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.
Movie review
From Time Out New York
Perhaps it’s best to see Robert 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 Crispin Glover’s slobbering Grendel, Angelina 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 John Malkovich.Author: Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out New York Issue 634: November 22–28, 2007
User reviews of this film
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- rushy said...
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Posted on Dec 01 2007 09:27
too much for a12 year old should have been 15 rating,
very good film for older ones - Report as inappropriate
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- Ruth Wright said...
- Posted on Nov 22 2007 10:10 Loved the film although it was quite shocking in places and much too gruesome for a 12 year old. The part where Grendel bites off the arm of a Geat was really gory.
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- Ben said...
- Posted on Nov 20 2007 21:35 this movie is one of the most grusome movie i have ever seen and heard about
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- efrain said...
- Posted on Nov 14 2007 18:18 I agree. I thought it was fun at some spots, but a bit longish in some of its sweeping camera movements through prickly forests, darkened halls, and dragon wings. I can't get passed the weirdness of the physicality of the 'actors'. i liked the message of pride, lust and consequences, and I even enjoyed the weightiness of certain plot elements for a PG-13 animation, but I'm not a huge fan.
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Cast & crew
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke
Cast: Alison Lohman, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Robin Wright Penn, John Malkovich, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Rated: PG-13
Duration: 114 mins
US Release: Nov 16 2007
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