Tolkien (Blu-ray + DVD) PG-13
A Life of Love, Courage & Fellowship.
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: August 6, 2019
- Originally Released: 2019
- Label: 20th Century Fox
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Nicholas Hoult & Lily Collins | |
Performer: | Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Pam Ferris, Laura Donnelly, Owen Teale, Genevieve O'Reilly & Derek Jacobi | |
Directed by | Dome Karukoski | |
Screenwriting by | David Gleeson & Stephen Beresford | |
Composition by | Thomas Newman | |
Subject: | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
Produced by | Peter Chernin, David Ready, Kris Thykier & Jenno Topping | |
Director of Photography: | Lasse Frank Johannessen |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
Well-directed with a close eye by journeyman Finnish director Dome Karukoski, the film looks handsome and offers a well-rounded look at the English class system while also providing insights into the inspirations behind Tolkien's visions.
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3AW
3 stars out of 5 -- [I]ts earnestness and idealism are refreshing.
The Guardian
Rating: 2/5 --
The spoon-feeding does not just feel silly and pandering, it is distracting - as in a video game, Easter egg-hunting draws attention away from the key story.
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The Straits Times (Singapore)
[A] fastidious, keen-minded look at the tumultuous youth of the author of THE HOBBIT...
Hollywood Reporter
Tolkien is the kind of movie that will give no joy to fans of his fantasy fiction.
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Australian Financial Review
Rating: 2/5 --
If you've never read up about the author, this might work for you, but any passing familiarity with Tolkien means you won't learn anything you didn't already know.
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Weekend Special (South Africa)
TOLKIEN is the rare film where watching a bookish undergrad change his major packs a bigger visceral thrill than scenes of battlefield carnage...
Variety
Product Description:
Based on the life of high fantasy author J.R.R Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult), this biographical drama recounts the stages of Tolkien's life. From young orphan to schoolboy within an artistic group of friends, Tolkien navigates love with Edith Bratt (Lily Collins), loss with his traumatic serving as second lieutenant in WW1, and literary success after the war. Authoring The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien found his literary voice later in life after a lifelong passion for make believe. Directed by Dome Karukoski, written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford.
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- Sales Rank: 64,339
- UPC: 024543637707
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