The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 201 min ★ 8.5 Adventure, Fantasy, Action

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.

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Cast

Elijah Wood

Frodo

Ian McKellen

Gandalf

Viggo Mortensen

Aragorn

Sean Astin

Sam

Andy Serkis

Gollum / Smeagol

Dominic Monaghan

Merry

Billy Boyd

Pippin

John Noble

Denethor

David Wenham

Faramir

Miranda Otto

Éowyn

Details

Director

Peter Jackson

Screenplay

Peter Jackson

Tagline

"The eye of the enemy is moving."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$94,000,000

Revenue

$1,118,888,979

Production

New Line Cinema, WingNut Films, The Saul Zaentz Company

Reviews

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NeoBrowser

July 20, 2013

★ 10/10

And so all good things come to an end. For three years in a row, Peter Jackson has banished our winter blues with the individual instalments of his Tolkien trilogy, effectively shifting the focus of our cinematic excitement from the summer months to the end of the year. But now that his epic has been unveiled in its entirety, what will be the lasting effects of his achievement? Well, grand-scal...

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Wuchak

March 11, 2018

★ 5/10

Too much CGI, redundancy, clichés and drawn out “looks of love” for my tastes. RELEASED 2003 and directed by Peter Jackson, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” adapts the third part of JRR Tolkien’s popular fantasy trilogy about adventures on Middle-Earth: Frodo (Elijah Wood), Sam (Sean Astin) and Gollum (Andy Serkis) continue to try to make their way to Mount Doom to destroy the On...

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JPV852

September 21, 2020

★ 10/10

Great finale to a great trilogy. The action and battle sequences were amazing and even though I've seen this a few times over the years, still thrilling to the end. I didn't even mind the multiple endings as I had in the past, nice each character got their due. **4.75/5**

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r96sk

February 19, 2021

★ 10/10

An outstanding end to the trilogy. I expected a lot from <em>'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'</em> so I am delighted to see it produce on so many levels. I, funnily enough, wouldn't actually say it's necessarily the most perfect execution - what with the plot coincidences and extreme character armour. But that doesn't matter one jot whatsoever, as the story wraps up in arguably t...

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pokycoder

November 16, 2021

As an avid fan of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings from long before New Line announced this movie "trilogy," I must say all three films were fairly large disappointments. Now, mind you, I am not your usual, "The book is better" movie reviewer. But it is almost like Peter Jackson went out of his way to take out the most crucial elements of the books and replace it with drivel. Also every line tha...