Tolkien

Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: May 10, 2019

5.8	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 74 Ratings

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IcivindurDec 20, 2021

The main problem with this flick is that despite its title it is not about Tolkien at all. This movie takes some actual facts from Tolkien's biography (like his name or name of his wife) and connects them into the new story in the way thatThe main problem with this flick is that despite its title it is not about Tolkien at all. This movie takes some actual facts from Tolkien's biography (like his name or name of his wife) and connects them into the new story in the way that this story has nothing in common with the actual Tolkien, his views and writings. When facts of Tolkien's life aren't feet into the movie's narrative it simply ignores them and invents new "facts". You don't have to be Tolkien's scholar or read his complete autobiography to notice this disconnection. It would be enough to read some Tolkien's letters and to be briefly accustomed with Tolkien's life and activities to see that this flick only uses Tolkien's name as a vehicle of propaganda of views and ideas completely alien to the protagonist of the story. So if you want to learn something about Tolkien's life or views you should stay away of this flick as its title is misleading and the story is about someone else - flat and one-demensional character, like all fictional characters in poorly written stories are.

The flick itself, though not about Tolkien, at least could have been interesting in its own fictional narrative. But the movie fails here as well. It is boring and unimaginative, the characters are flat and dull. The movie tells about some triggered emasculated boy, "rebelling against the system", while being separated from the "strong independent woman" (his love) by the "evil priest" (it is quite funny if you actually know that Tolkien was a dedicated Catholic, who, as he wrote to his son, did never regret his decision to "drop" the love-affair until 21 and married Edith only after she converted to Catholicism from Protestantism, moreover, he was a conservative and convinced monarchist who volunteered to participate in the Great War). The storytelling is melodramatic and pretentious to the extent that you should know nothing about actual Tolkien and should really be into the same ideological pattern with the creators of this flick to enjoy this caricature.… Expand

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valrondMay 14, 2019

Completely removed the Christian Faith from JRR Tolkien, when it was an integral part of his life. You can't make a movie about JRRT and pretend that christianty doesn't exists.

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theirrelephantsMay 10, 2019

Doing a movie about Tolkien and leaving out his Christian faith is like making a documentary about Trump and never mentioning his wealth. An okay movie, but if you think it is anywhere close to accurate than you are an utter fool.

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DropDeadFredJul 22, 2019

When the book was inspired by God and the fact that He was super religious but it never came up once in this movie is why it's Hollywood garbage.

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