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Beowulf

  • 20072007
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Ray Winstone in Beowulf (2007)
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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
168K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,742
128
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    • Director
      • Robert Zemeckis
    • Writers
      • Neil Gaiman(screenplay)
      • Roger Avary(screenplay)
      • Anonymous(epic poem "Beowulf")
    • Stars
      • Ray Winstone
      • Crispin Glover
      • Angelina Jolie
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    • Director
      • Robert Zemeckis
    • Writers
      • Neil Gaiman(screenplay)
      • Roger Avary(screenplay)
      • Anonymous(epic poem "Beowulf")
    • Stars
      • Ray Winstone
      • Crispin Glover
      • Angelina Jolie
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    • 569User reviews
    • 288Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 19 nominations

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    Ray Winstone
    Ray Winstone
    • Beowulf…
    Crispin Glover
    Crispin Glover
    • Grendel
    Angelina Jolie
    Angelina Jolie
    • Grendel's Mother
    Robin Wright
    Robin Wright
    • Wealthow
    • (as Robin Wright-Penn)
    Anthony Hopkins
    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
    Charlotte Salt
    • Estrith
    Julene Renee
    Julene Renee
    • Cille
    • (as Julene Rennee)
    Greg Ellis
    Greg Ellis
    • Garmund
    Rik Young
    Rik Young
    • Eofor
    Sebastian Roché
    Sebastian Roché
    • Wulfgar
    • (as Sebastian Roche)
    Leslie Zemeckis
    Leslie Zemeckis
    • Yrsa
    John Malkovich
    John Malkovich
    • Unferth
    • Director
      • Robert Zemeckis
    • Writers
      • Neil Gaiman(screenplay)
      • Roger Avary(screenplay)
      • Anonymous(epic poem "Beowulf")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Based on the oldest known written story in a language purporting to be English.
    • Goofs
      The movie depicts Christianity displacing the Old Norse religion from Denmark over the 6th century AD. In reality, Denmark did not become Christian until the 9th century.
    • Quotes

      Beowulf: I am Ripper... Tearer... Slasher... Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!

    • Alternate versions
      Director's Cut features violence and nudity cut from the theatrical version.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Beowulf/Margot at the Wedding/Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium/Enchanted/Southland Tales/Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Hrothgar Song
      Written and Produced by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri

      Performed by Nick Jameson

    User reviews569

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Fun, handsome, but spoilt by 3D
    Pretty much everyone knows the story of Beowulf - man fights monster, monster's mum and then a dragon - but this ancient story has inspired generations of writers and academics, now it gets a shiny makeover courtesy of Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary.

    Beowulf (the man) could have been written as a cookie-cutter hero, but fortunately he's something else - fallible and not yet the hero he must become later in the movie. But (and this is really hard without spoiling the movie), the battle that turns him into a hero also leads inexorably to his undoing. That's something the two writers have brought to the millennia old text and it works perfectly to help fill in some of the gaps in the original poem and provide a back story to events.

    A special mention also to Crispin Glover's Grendel. I wasn't particularly struck with the physical realisation of the monster, but the performance is knock out. Instead of just being a rampaging beast, Grendel is almost something to be pitied - a misshapen outcast with noisy neighbours, and his final scene is remarkably touching. Oh and if you don't understand Grendel, you clearly haven't been keeping up with your Old English classes!

    But let's be honest, everyone watches a movie about Vikings for the action. And Beowulf delivers this in spades. Here comes my first proviso - Beowulf in the UK is getting a 12A rating, but there is no way I would take a 12 year old to see this film in all its eye-ball spearing, spine-snapping, ligament-tearing glory. This movie would get a higher rating had it been shot in real-life and it's worth considering this before packing the kids into the car. Mostly the violence is justified, but it is there and it's NOT cartoony.

    The animation is the talking point of this movie, and its a real step on from the zombified performance of 'Polar Express'. The impression of living, breathing flesh is almost complete with the exception of strangely dead eyes - this movie is a landmark in computer imagery. The majority of the characters are stunningly rendered (Beowulf in particular) in close up, but they somehow look less convincing at a distance. Generally the men are better done than the women, with Queen Wealthow the spitting image of Julie Andrew's queen in Shrek 2.

    So, its a violent special effects triumph - could anything be wrong?

    Actually yes.

    Two things. One - the accents. Oh dear god in heaven above what were they thinking - this is a treasure house of appalling voices, Irish(ish), Scottish(ish), Welsh(ish) are all thrown into the mix, but the standout horrors are Jon Malkovich's take on Danish which might have been inspired by the Muppets and Angelina Jolie dusting off her accent from 'Alexander'.

    The second is the 3D projection. For reasons best known to studio executives we're all meant to get very excited by 3D all over again. Beowulf is one of the first movies to be released in the UK using REALD - a system familiar to anyone who has been to a Disney park in the last 20 years. The animators of Beowulf clearly had great fun working out new ways of making things jump out of the screen at the audience, but the effect becomes slightly wearisome after a minute or two. Fortunately things settle down later in the movie and the makers stop trying to show off their new technology.

    More disappointing, the poor quality of the Polaroid glasses you have to wear make the image slightly blurry and spoilt by reflections. After years waiting for the crystal clarity of digital projection, the whole thing has been undone by a gimmick. If you have a choice, you might be better off seeing a regular 2D version.

    A final comment, Beowulf spends part of the movie naked, bet you can't watch it and not think of Austin Powers.
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    • Nov 13, 2007

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    • Why is the entire movie CG, not live-action or live action+CG?
    • What is Grendel saying?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 2007 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Old English
    • Also known as
      • Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience
    • Filming locations
      • Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Shangri-La Entertainment
      • ImageMovers
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $150,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $82,280,579
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $27,515,871
      • Nov 18, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $196,393,745
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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