Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.
The Lord of the Rings has generally received positive reviews.
Review of The Lord of the Rings (1978)
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Review of The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Review of The Lord of the Rings (1978)
By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 04 Aug 2001
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By Sabadino Parker (4) for PopMatters (2,617) on 03 Dec 2012
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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Oct 2004
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Review of The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Review of The Lord of the Rings (1978)
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Review of The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Review of The Lord of the Rings (1978)
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The Lord of the Rings was released in 1978 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 484 reviews, giving The Lord of the Rings (1978) an average rating of 64%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 66%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 61%.
With a score of 64%, The Lord of the Rings is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1978, which stands at 58%.
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