Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
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Martin Freeman
Bilbo Baggins
Ian McKellen
Gandalf the Grey
Richard Armitage
Thorin Oakenshield
James Nesbitt
Bofur
Ken Stott
Balin
Sylvester McCoy
Radagast the Brown
Barry Humphries
The Great Goblin
Dean O'Gorman
Fili
Aidan Turner
Kili
Graham McTavish
Dwalin
Director
Peter Jackson
Screenplay
Fran Walsh
Tagline
"From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$250,000,000
Revenue
$1,021,103,568
Production
New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, WingNut Films
Andres Gomez
December 17, 2012
Peter Jackson creates the same world that he already shown us in the LOTR, but that's not the only thing he repeats. He also repeats ripping Tolkiens book into a sucession of endless races and actions scenes with orcs falling everywhere and several "inventions" that mess the beautiful story created by the English author. He also repeats those several minutes of platform game inside caves tha...
GeekMasher
March 15, 2013
An other great master peace has been added the the Lord of The Rings collection. This movie was an excellent example of how great actors, an amazing story and a beautiful world can be produced in such an excellent way. Peter Jackson has out done his self by creating this great film. There are differences from the book but I can't complain about any of them, yes I love the original story but this o...
Matt Golden
July 21, 2013
Over a decade after a little-known director from New Zealand managed to con New Line Cinema into giving him $300 million to make a trilogy based on JRR Tolkien's seminal fantasy (and long considered unfilmable) work The Lord of the Rings, the cinematic landscape for fantasy has changed drastically. Much like Tolkien's tome, the Lord of the Rings films came to utterly define high fantasy in film, w...
r96sk
February 20, 2021
Of course off the level of its <em>'The Lord of the Rings'</em> predecessors, but I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed <em>'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'</em>. It has good lure to it, the plot is more than interesting, it features pleasant callbacks and - like LOTR - looks exquisite. As for the casting, I like 'em. Martin Freeman (Bilbo) is, like Elijah Wood, an actor I've always found hit-a...
Peter McGinn
September 5, 2022
There is no doubt that Peter Jackson does a great job bring Tolkien’s fantasies to life, much better, I imagine, than anyone must have assumed when they heard about the Lord of the Rings series way back when. I must confess that I don’t like them as much as I enjoyed reading the books. I am sure there are complex reasons applicable to me. I read them when I was very young and it would be diffic...
★ 8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
★ 7.6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
★ 7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
★ 8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
★ 8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
★ 6.6
The Lord of the Rings
1978
★ 7.0
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★ 7.1
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
★ 6.3
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2004
★ 6.4
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