When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 14 wins & 30 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The script seems to have been written by committee, with members lobbying for each major character, and the action, set in vast environments all over the map, spreads itself so thin that a surfeit of motion vitiates emotion.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
22 Nov 2012
fresh:
'Rise of the Guardians' is an effervescent dose of fantasia that's pretty hard to dislike. Unless, of course, you're a cynical grump.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
27 Nov 2012
rotten:
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.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 Nov 2012
rotten:
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.