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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 07 May 2019

It's an oddly inert film that suffers from its lack of focus on the stories that stand as Tolkien's chief literary contributions…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 06 May 2019

There is a kind of historical British movie — Tolkien is one of them — that almost feels as if the subject were incidental…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 06 May 2019

Would it have been tacky to visually play up the connection between Tolkien’s harrowing experiences on the WWI battlefield and his depiction…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 06 May 2019

Too often Tolkien lumbers up to its big moments, such as the preposterous climax involving the title character scrambling around the western…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 06 May 2019

What Tolkien offers instead is a picturesque, amber-soaked balm for armchair Anglophiles: the manners and mores, the crisp witticisms and stirring,…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 05 May 2019

The real model here, of course, is Shakespeare In Love, but that movie was also a comedy, while Tolkien is as reverent and moist-eyed as a…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 05 May 2019

The movie is a capable and attractive enough biopic, if also less than riveting cinema…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 04 May 2019

There are moments that catch – a cafe date between Tolkien and his future wife (Lily Collins) is one, and a knockout scene with the mother…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 02 May 2019

Hoult brings a quiet, romantic intensity to the young Tolkien (pronounced ‘Tolkeen’, who knew…

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By Rosie Knight (40) for IGN (1,013) on 02 May 2019

Tolkien may disappoint fans looking for a LOTR origin but will please those who like stories of art, love & friendship…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 02 May 2019

Handsomely made in the customarily fastidious style of most period biographical dramas, Tolkien is strongly served by Hoult, who, after four…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 02 May 2019

While it still dilutes Tolkien’s memory by molding his life to the narrow dimensions of a middle-brow feature that’s too safe for the arthouse…

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By Phil De Semlyen (265) for Time Out (7,510) on 02 May 2019

Despite the best efforts of its committed young cast, and especially a game (if suspiciously old-looking) Nicholas Hoult as Tolkien in his…

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By Andrew Barker (315) for Variety (12,700) on 02 May 2019

The film – stately, well-acted, and ultimately unsubstantial – dilutes its considerable charms with hoary literary biopic conventions,…

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By Derek Smith (382) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 02 May 2019

The film preaches of the love of creative freedom, yet finds no original form of expression of its own…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for TheWrap (3,203) on 02 May 2019

None of the life we see J.R.R. Tolkien live in the film illuminates his great works of art — or even makes for a particularly compelling tale…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 01 May 2019

This is a very male world and perhaps the inner life of Edith remains a mystery (as perhaps it might have been for Tolkien), but its earnestness…

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By Liz Beardsworth (78) for Empire (3,446) on 30 Apr 2019

Karukoski’s entertaining film boasts flair and narrative ambition, but ultimately fails to completely break free of its traditional biopic frame…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 30 Apr 2019

Well-informed, enlightening writing on Tolkien’s life and creative process is hardly scarce…

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