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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 16 Dec 2014

The final installment of the Hobbit trilogy is the best, featuring more spectacular action scenes as well as the series' most emotionally resonant…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 16 Dec 2014

The equivalent of watching a game of Risk, with all the emotional involvement such an activity would hold…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 16 Dec 2014

It’s the best film of this trilogy, but truthfully, none of the “Hobbit” thirds have been any better than middling “Hunger Games”…

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By Bruce Kirkland (531) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 16 Dec 2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a thrilling and a fitting end to an extraordinary fantasy adventure…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 16 Dec 2014

Bilbo fades into the sidelines of his own movie, and that may be why the mournful finale of Battle feels so canned, like a roiling tide of…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 16 Dec 2014

There’s far too many moments of sabre-rattling, and too much confusion about who is aligned with whom, and why…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 16 Dec 2014

The finale is not an all-out disappointment. It should satisfy the franchise's fans, and it does wrap up any loose ends you might be wondering about…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 16 Dec 2014

If I had the power to turn back time and start the tortuous production process that led to the “Hobbit” trilogy over again, with a different…

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By Nicolas Rapold (488) for The New York Times (9,847) on 16 Dec 2014

Bilbo may fully learn a sense of friendship and duty, and have quite a story to tell, but somewhere along the way, Mr…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 15 Dec 2014

it comes across like a very impressive video game, one in which you're watching Peter Jackson doing the playing…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 15 Dec 2014

That we care so much about these characters and their connections to one another speaks to the richness of Tolkien's vision but also Jackson's…

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By Mary Ann Gwinn (3) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 15 Dec 2014

The best of the three Hobbit movies, moving from an enjoyable action/battle movie with fantastic visuals into the realm of authentic tragedy…

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By Kerry Lengel (223) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 Dec 2014

Even though Five Armies is the shortest Hobbit movie, it also is the least thrilling as it chugs toward the finish line weighted down with…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 15 Dec 2014

It is better to start middling and finish strong than the inverse, and this is where The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has arrived…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 15 Dec 2014

[Jackson] may have intermittently lost his storytelling footing over the course of these three films, but with The Battle of the Five Armies…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 14 Dec 2014

Between an engrossing plotline and virtual non-stop combat, the picture proves to be just the perfect way to bring down the curtain on a storied…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 14 Dec 2014

The best film of The Hobbit's three, this final installment is closer in quality to The Lord of the Rings than to its immediate predecessors…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 14 Dec 2014

Although once hailed as a potential successor to David Lean, Jackson's cinematic instincts are here singly overshadowed by a computer game aesthetic…

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By Brian Henry Martin (100) for UTV (100) on 13 Dec 2014

With all the big hair flowing and giant horn blowing, Middle-earth begins to resemble a middle-of-the-road rock video…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 13 Dec 2014

It's funny that Battle of the Five Armies, a mercenary sequel, is a parable about avarice as a corrupting force…

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