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Play trailer 1:47 Poster for Beowulf PG-13 2007 1h 54m Adventure Action Fantasy Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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In the age of heroes, a mighty warrior named Beowulf (Ray Winstone) arrives at the court of King Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) and offers to rid the kingdom of a vicious demon called Grendel. He successfully slays the beast but thus incurs the wrath of Grendel's mother (Angelina Jolie), a creature as vicious and vengeful as she is seductive.

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Featuring groundbreaking animation, stunning visuals, and a talented cast, Beowulf has in spades what more faithful book adaptations forget to bring: pure cinematic entertainment.

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Namrata Joshi Outlook 01/25/2019
2/4
Expectedly, there are large-scale, edge-of-the seat clashes and some classic savage scenes. There are other interesting touches and some quirky emotions. It's a philosophical play on what it means to be a warrior. Go to Full Review Alonso Duralde MSNBC 05/01/2008
4/5
Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf is so rousingly entertaining that you'll feel guilty for not reading the epic poem all the way through when you were in ninth grade. Go to Full Review Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald 02/01/2008
3/5
No doubt C.B. DeMille, another director with a knack for turning Hollywood stars into robots, would have been entranced. Go to Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Jun 9
3/5
...something of a noble failure, an attempt to harness Hollywood to access classic texts rather than comic book archetypes...in amongst the ruins, there’s the germ of what might have been a game-changing dive into turning great literature into great art. Go to Full Review Mattie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) 06/06/2019
3.5/4
The characters up on screen seem like living, breathing people. Go to Full Review Kaleem Aftab The List 11/03/2018
4/5
Avary and Gaiman lay on the sexual innuendo and adultery, fleshing out the character of Beowulf into a believably unreliable narrator. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Davetheman Mar 23 WTF is Beowulf and why the animation is so cringy See more Zaid bin Z @RT91932628 Feb 2 One of the best movie ever !!! See more Lucas G @pereira Dec 8 Com certeza você deveria assistir! É bem escrito, o protagonista não é abordado com aquele clichê de herói, há um lado filosófico; sombrio, a sua principal luta é contra si, há violênca, sangue, romance e boas lições, para uma animação fantasiosa, aborda as pessoas de uma forma extremamente real. Se é o que você procura, não vai te decepcionar. See more Noah H @Noah85 Nov 21 HOW THE HELL IS THIS PG-13?!?!?!?! THIS WAS SO GORY AND DARK!!!! ABSOLUTELY NOT FAMILY-FRIENDLY!!!!! If you like gore kind of like how there is a lot in Game of Thrones, then you'll probably enjoy it but this was NOT for me. This thing should have been R-rated. My only favorite parts were the sexy bits and the epic end credit song by Idina Menzel. See more Andres H @RT93530269 Sep 12 A true master piece!! See more Pedro Henrique C @Pedro2005 Aug 31 Beowulf (2007) has graphics that look like real people acting, I thought it was a normal movie not an animation. The story tries to draw your attention so that you can discover the mysteries that are there, but unfortunately it doesn't work. See more Read all reviews
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Robert Zemeckis

Director

Ray Winstone

Beowulf

Anthony Hopkins

King Hrothgar

Angelina Jolie

Grendel's Mother

Robin Wright

Queen Wealhtheow

John Malkovich

Unferth

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Synopsis In the age of heroes, a mighty warrior named Beowulf (Ray Winstone) arrives at the court of King Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) and offers to rid the kingdom of a vicious demon called Grendel. He successfully slays the beast but thus incurs the wrath of Grendel's mother (Angelina Jolie), a creature as vicious and vengeful as she is seductive.
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Producer
Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke
Screenwriter
Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros., Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Disturbing Images|Nudity|Some Sexual Material)
Genre
Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 16, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$82.2M
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)