MOVIE TITLE: TOLKIEN
RATING: PG-13
LENGTH: 1 hour, 52 minutes
Movie Review Mom GRADE: B
IN A NUTSHELL:
I was excited to learn more about J.R.R. Tolkien and really hoped this movie would be good. As an author of 29 books, I’m always fascinated to learn more about other authors. I loved learning some of the small details of Tolkien’s early life that influenced his work. Personally, I couldn’t get through his The Lord of the Rings
TIPS FOR PARENTS:
- Kids will be bored out of their minds.
- Some violent war scenes where people die during World War II.
THEMES:
- Not just friendship, but fellowship
- Language
- “Journeys we take to prove ourselves.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
THINGS I LIKED:
- Congratulations to director Dome Karukoski for presenting his first movie in English.
- Beautiful cinematography
- Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins are engaging leads.
- Colm Meaney and Derek Jacobi should be in every British period piece.
- If you’re a fan of The Lord of the Rings
, you’ll be gifted with a lot of Easter Eggs in the movie.
- “Gentle” seems to be a word that critics have been tossing around with this movie. It also describes the lovely music.
THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:
- Tolkien’s family and estate have NOT endorsed this film. That makes you wonder why not, right?
- I wished that there had been more in the movie about his writing career and how he became such a celebrated author later on in life.
- Considering the incredible imagination of Tolkien himself, the movie is not very imaginative.
INTERESTING LINES:
- “A word isn’t beautiful just because of its sound. It’s a marriage of sound and meaning.” – Edith Bratt (Lily Collins)
OTHER MOVIES LIKE THIS YOU MIGHT ENJOY:
This movie is about C. S. Lewis, who was a contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Shadowlands
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
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