The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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- Synopsis
- New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson fulfills his lifelong dream of transforming author J.R.R. Tolkien's best-selling fantasy epic into a three-part motion picture that begins with this holiday 2001 release....
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- Starring
- Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean
- Director(s)
- Peter Jackson
- Distributor(s)
- New Line
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 178 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites
Gets it right. It's a wonderful movie. Watching it, one can't help but get the impression that everyone involved was steeped in Tolkien's work, loved the book, treasured it and took care not to break a cherished thing in it.Read the full review
Washington Post | Rita KempleyAdd Critic to Favorites
With its spectacular scenery, stupefying effects and epic scope, is a dream come true.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites
Made with intelligence, imagination, passion and skill, propulsively paced and shot through with an aged-in-oak sense of wonder, the trilogy's first film so thrillingly catches us up in its sweeping story that nothing matters but the vivid and compelling events unfolding on the screen.Read the full review
