Beowulf
November 2007
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Ben Kenigsberg
If we must have mead halls, let them be populated by rogues like John Malkovich.
Tom Charity
An excellent showcase for the advantages of computer-generated animation.
Richard Roeper
I had a hell of a good time at this movie.
J. R. Jones
Their story arc brings some legitimate dramatic interest to Beowulf's climactic battle with the dragon.
Tasha Robinson
The film strives for mythological depth and epic breadth, but it's hard to get below the flat, shallow gloss over every surface.
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately, Beowulf feels a lot like a video game blown up large: noise, action and funny walking intact.
Critic reviews
Ben Kenigsberg
If we must have mead halls, let them be populated by rogues like John Malkovich.
J. R. Jones
Their story arc brings some legitimate dramatic interest to Beowulf's climactic battle with the dragon.
Tasha Robinson
The film strives for mythological depth and epic breadth, but it's hard to get below the flat, shallow gloss over every surface.
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately, Beowulf feels a lot like a video game blown up large: noise, action and funny walking intact.
Amy Biancolli
It's imaginative, and it has the barreling forward motion and lurching thrills of a Dark Ages theme park, even when it's exercising battle-worn clichés.
User reviews

An odd little epic of a picture and a bit awkward I see why they used the motion-capture CG effect in this film (does that technique have a name yet?) as it allows several advantages over traditional film and special effects. Some of the camera moves are completely nuts and put to shame even what was accomplished in The Matrix Trilogy. The story, characters, and effects all work when applied in the correct way: Anthony Hopkins as a rotund and heirless king works; Angelina Jolie as the naked demonic temptress works; Brendan Gleeson as the noble and devoted second-in-command works; Ray Winstone as the chiseled and flawed hero in the titular role? Not so much. Maybe it's because I always picture good ol' Ray as the porky Cockney that he is. (Incidentally, when he's playing a hefty talking beaver in The Chronicles of Narnia, that works OK.) This to me was the film's only major flaw, although it starts to go away as the film goes on. Or at least, you forgive it more. I really wonder if they wanted someone like Russell Crowe to play the part; maybe he was busy. Most of the film is forgettable, but it is a well done and sometimes enjoyable forgettable.
Very Romantic This take on Beowulf was actually very well done and kept it close to the original writing. Ok using the description "original" is an irony in itself because no one knows who wrote Beowulf. That's what makes it so good to me. Whoever it was paid tribute and borrowed from biblical heroes and villains.
Beowulf retold to fit modern audience Good rendition that made some probably necessary changes for film and modern audiences. And that is fine...after all, Beowulf the poem would have been adapted by different singers over centuries.. The filmmakers did a good job showing the hero ethic that Beowulf embodied. **Spoiler** They added a Arthurian style romance to the mix (romance with water demon). Even that is OK if one reflects that there were old Germanic legends of water spirits, luring men to their deaths, like Kelpies.
Cast and credits
Actors | Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover |
Producers | Roger Avary, Neil Gaiman, Martin Shafer, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey |
Director | Robert Zemeckis |
Writers | Roger Avary, Neil Gaiman |
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English
Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
Run time
114 minutes
Rating
PG-13
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