The Lord of the Rings
Fantasy...beyond your imagination.
Fantasy...beyond your imagination.
Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
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1978
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Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.
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Runtime:
132 min
Release date:
15 Nov 1978
Country:
GB, US, ES
Languages:
English
Budget:
$4,000,000
Revenue:
$30,477,175
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
It looked terrible then and it still does: cartoon characters move differently from live actors, and the attempt to duplicate natural movement ends in stylistic incoherence.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
3 Dec 2012
rotten:
Quite simply, those who do not know the characters of Middle Earth going in will not know them coming out.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 Jul 2010
fresh:
The film is visually compelling even when murk overtakes the narrative.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
Falls far short of the charm and sweep of the original story.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
A showcase for inspired imagery and sheer strangeness, a near-miss magnum opus from another era, before the cult of Tolkien went Hollywood.
– Glenn Gaslin,
Slate,
24 Nov 2001