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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   56,466 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Neil Gaiman (screenplay) &
Roger Avary (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 November 2007 (USA) more
Tagline:
Pride is the curse. more
Plot:
The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
12 nominations more
User Reviews:
Glorious 3D treat requiring little brain engagement more (461 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robin Wright Penn ... Wealthow (as Robin Wright-Penn)

Anthony Hopkins ... Hrothgar
Paul Baker ... Musician #1
John Bilezikjian ... Musician #2
Rod D. Harbour ... Musician #3
Brice Martin ... Musician #4 (as Brice H. Martin)

Sonje Fortag ... Gitte (as Sonja Fortag)
Sharisse Baker-Bernard ... Hild

Charlotte Salt ... Estrith

Julene Renee ... Cille

Greg Ellis ... Garmund

Rik Young ... Eofor

Sebastian Roché ... Wulfgar (as Sebastian Roche)
Leslie Zemeckis ... Yrsa

John Malkovich ... Unferth
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
Beowulf: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sexual material and nudity.
Runtime:
115 min
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Color (DeLuxe)
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2.35 : 1 more
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UK:12A | South Korea:15 | Ireland:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:U | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Finland:K-13 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | New Zealand:M (re-rating) | New Zealand:R16 (original rating) | Taiwan:R-12 | Brazil:14 | Sweden:15 | France:U (with warning) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43938) | Finland:K-15 (director's cut) | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Iceland:12 | Canada:18A (director's cut)
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The name "Beowulf" is a kenning of the Anglo-Saxon words for "Bear." A kenning is a phrase that is substituted for the usual name of a person or thing. It is typically comprised of two terms, with the first word added to the second in a way that conveys a meaning neither word has alone. Therefore "Beowulf" comes from "Bee-Wolf," meaning "Bear." more
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Factual errors: In the end when Wiglaf is going into the water, the waves break in a pattern that is only present in very shallow water (1-10 cm), but he is in to his waist. more
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[first lines]
King Hrothgar: I want mead! Give me some mead, my queen!
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Hrothgar Song more

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127 out of 188 people found the following review useful.
Glorious 3D treat requiring little brain engagement, 18 November 2007
9/10
Author: johnnyparker from Oxford, England.

This movie is a lot of fun. In 3D. I suspect its impact will be considerably diminished in 2D, so I urge anyone who wants to see it to seek out the 3D version. There are lots of beautifully constructed tracking shots where the camera glides and swirls forward, back up and down, and trees, rocks, arrows, dragons or whatever slip past the edges of the frame, and this effect is stunning in 3D. In fact, all the action scenes are stunning in 3D, particularly the climactic battle with a top-notch, fire belching monster of a dragon.

The plot isn't much to write home about (although there's just a hint of a theological debate about the way Christianity has displaced the old mythic religions, which made me think for about 5 seconds). The acting is variable - Robin Wright-Penn is fine, but about as sexy as a paper cup, Hopkins is his usual reliable self, Ray Winstone is suitably heroic as the heroic, self-aggrandising Beowulf, and Crispin Glover is just brilliant as Grendel. Grendel is a lovely creation, oozing slime and blood, and wracked with pain.

But who cares about all that. This is not a scholarly work, it's entertainment. And my wife and I were as royally entertained as the kids surrounding us in the cinema (and we're both 40-somethings). Leave your serious head (and any timid youngsters) at home, and go and have fun.

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