Beowulf Movie Review

Beowulf Review: The New York Times Can't Resist Angelina Jolie Naked

New York Times | MANOHLA DARGIS | Posted 05.25.2011

You don't need to wait for Angelina Jolie to rise from the vaporous depths naked and dripping liquid gold to know that this "Beowulf" isn't your high ...

Beowulf Review: "A Lot More Fun" Than The Poem

USA Today | Claudia Puig | Posted 05.25.2011

Beowulf couldn't be less faithful to the original epic poem, and that's actually a good thing for moviegoers. It's a lot more fun than the mythic adv...

Beowulf Review: "Holy ****ing Moly"

Cinematical | Scott Weinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Part I: The Presentation Holy ****ing moly. I've simply never seen anything like it. IMAX 3-D and a movie that was tailor-made for this kind of prese...

Beowulf Review: "Some Of The Dialogue Sounds Like Monty Python"

Chicago Sun Times | Roger Ebert | Posted 05.25.2011

Variety reports that Paramount has entered "Beowulf" in the Academy Awards' best animated film category, which means nothing is really there, realisti...

Beowulf Review: "Highly Entertaining - But Far From Classic"

NY Post | Lou Lumenick | Posted 05.25.2011

In this lusty Hollywood version, Beowulf rises to the throne of Denmark after striking a Faustian bargain with Grendel's mom, only to pay an awful pri...

Beowulf Review: Variety Calls Epic "Sometimes Stirring But Ultimately Soulless"

Variety | Justin Chang | Posted 05.25.2011

Further advancing the much-vaunted performance-capture technology he unleashed with "The Polar Express," director Robert Zemeckis delivers a muscular,...

Beowulf In A Fight With Itself

LA Times | John Horn | Posted 05.25.2011

It's as close as moviegoers will ever get to being Brad Pitt: the chance to hang out with Angelina Jolie (or a digitally manipulated version of the ac...

Beowulf Review: "A Singular Work Of Art"

IGN | Todd Gilchrist | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Zemeckis' new film Beowulf offers a powerful reminder of how far we've come, and perhaps have yet to go, in the ever-expanding world of special...

Beowulf Technology Review: "It Is Leaving Something Out"

New York Times | David F. Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

When John Markoff wrote about the Contour digital special-effects system last year, he noted that it would be judged by its ability to help animators ...

"Beowulf" Is "Postmodern Fun" In 3-D Performance Capture

Hollywood Reporter via Reuters | Kirk Honeycutt | Posted 05.25.2011

What have they done to "Beowulf," everyone's least favorite Old English epic about a hero's battles with a monster, the monster's mother and an annoyi...

Beowulf Review Round-Up: Jaw-Dropping Technology And Naked Angelina Almost Make It A Winner

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

The new version of "Beowulf", Robert Zemeckis' $150 million performance-capture extravaganza is the most anticipated movie of the weekend, and for tec...

Beowulf Review: AP Says "Beowulf Could Be Paris Hilton"

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 05.25.2011

The name "Beowulf" alone surely will inspire painful memories of high-school English class and pangs of dread. Never fear. This 3-D animated "Beowulf...