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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 08 Dec 2012

The film, still only clearing its throat, hints at a wellspring of emotional riches to come…

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By Garry Maddox (11) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 07 Dec 2012

An Unexpected Journey has so many pay-offs that most are likely to re-engage with the saga…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 07 Dec 2012

Once these dwarves, accompanied by Bilbo and Gandalf, hit the road, the film takes off and doesn't come down until the credits roll…

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By Scott Foundas (913) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 Dec 2012

At any speed, the movie only springs to full life late in the day, during the first meeting of Bilbo and the tragic creature who will come…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for Time (1,811) on 06 Dec 2012

The movie lacks majesty. Grand in parts, the movie is too often grandiose or grandiloquent; and the running time is indefensible…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 05 Dec 2012

Not as immediately captivating as the LOTR trilogy, but it's still a return trip to Middle Earth that's well worth taking…

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By Matthew Leyland (105) for Total Film (3,532) on 05 Dec 2012

Charming, spectacular, technically audacious… in short, everything you expect from a Peter Jackson movie…

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By Caryn James (352) for James on screenS (89) on 05 Dec 2012

Thank goodness for Martin Freeman, who makes Bilbo a feeling person & a hobbit…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 05 Dec 2012

The first chapter of Jackson's new trilogy is decent, if not enirely satisfying, bound to suffer from inevitable comparisons with the superior,…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 05 Dec 2012

The Lord of the Rings trilogy behind him, Peter Jackson has begun yet another, this time adapting the Tolkien epic, The Hobbit…

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By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 04 Dec 2012

This film is pure excess that's almost definitely motivated by studio greed, but it's light entertainment that will please fans, and Andy Serkis…

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By David Germain (226) for Associated Press (1,685) on 04 Dec 2012

Tolkien's brisk story of intrepid little hobbit Bilbo Baggins is drawn out and diluted by dispensable trimmings better left for DVD extras…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for honeycuttshollywood.com (375) on 04 Dec 2012

Wild slides into caves, pell-mell chases, absurd cliffhangers and other such thrill-rides in 3D give the film a playfulness…

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By Shawn Adler (4) for Movieline (883) on 04 Dec 2012

Where Jackson might occasionally misstep tonally, he takes the reigns from the episodic original and runs with generally fantastic results…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 04 Dec 2012

A purist's delight, something the millions of die-hard fans of his Lord of the Rings trilogy will gorge upon…

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By Devin Faraci (498) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 04 Dec 2012

It's not as bad as you feared, but not as good as you hoped…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 04 Dec 2012

Jackson and his team seem compelled to flesh out the world of their earlier trilogy in scenes that would be better left to extended-edition…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 03 Dec 2012

For now, 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' is a good start, but with the expectations resting on the film, is good going to be good enough…

Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

By Matt Patches (283) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 03 Dec 2012

A fresh, free-spirited form of fantasy, Jackson's latest provides a younger generation with a stepping stone to his later films while serving…

Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 03 Dec 2012

Boasting an appreciably dark tone and a seemingly endless array of visual astonishments, this Hobbit suffers from a bit of déjà vu…

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