Review of Beowulf & Grendel (2005) by Christopher B — 17 Mar 2009

Seriously how many times does this story have to be told on film?

This review of Beowulf & Grendel (2005) was written by Christopher B on 17 Mar 2009.

Beowulf & Grendel has generally received mixed reviews.

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Nice periodic setting and costumes failed to provide a comprehensive story, the violence was shocking for sure but all the bad sound effects…

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By Philipp C (1) on 05 Feb 2010

Pretty decent adventure film without a lick of special effects(aside from costumes), that goes for gritty realism making Grendle a gaint of…

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By Brett D (267) on 11 Jul 2010

I thought that the acting and direction was better than the animated version, but I thought it wasn't paying enough respect to the poem…

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By Garett L (4) on 26 Mar 2010

I love Gerard Butler, and Beowulf, good combo…

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By Danny D (678) on 15 Aug 2010

This movie was really fun to watch. gerard butler is always good and it portayed the original story decently…

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By Zeke S (4) on 04 Mar 2013

Good Anglo-Saxon epic poem... But bad movie…

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Decent but not as good as I was hoping. much sadder then most versions…

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By Ray H (322) on 19 Dec 2016

FAR better movie than the Zemeckis's movie Beowulf…

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