Rotten
Less-than-compelling storyline.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
Rise of the Guardians
You better believe.
2012 · 1h 37m · PG
Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Peter Ramsey
Overview
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
Director and cast
- Peter Ramsey Director
- Chris Pine as Jack Frost (voice)
- Alec Baldwin as North (voice)
- Jude Law as Pitch (voice)
- Isla Fisher as Tooth (voice)
- Hugh Jackman as E. Aster Bunnymund (voice)
- Dakota Goyo as Jamie (voice)
- Isabella Blake-Thomas as British Girl (voice)
- Jacob Bertrand as Monty (voice)
- Khamani Griffin Cast
- Georgie Grieve Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Rise of the Guardians is harmless enough, and the lack of easy pop-culture jokes represents the post-Shrek direction of DreamWorks well enough. But this is the studio's least entertaining film.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
The conceit has its charms but too much of this movie, directed by Peter Ramsey, is more clamorous than inspired, and little kids might find parts of it too scarily intense.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
'Rise of the Guardians' is an effervescent dose of fantasia that's pretty hard to dislike. Unless, of course, you're a cynical grump.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
The script seems to have been written by committee, with members lobbying for each major character, and the action, set in vast environments all over the map, spreads itself so thin that a surfeit of motion vitiates emotion.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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