Reviews
Tolkien
Directed by Dome Karukoski · starring Nicholas Hoult, Colm Meaney and Anthony Boyle
- 6 from the press
- 4.7 · 4 votes
Tolkien: reviews
Reviews
4.7 4 votes
What the critics say average 5.4 from 5 outlets
- 7.0 Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty
Hoult brings a quiet, romantic intensity to the young Tolkien, Lily Collins does a lot with a little as his first love Edith, and the Hobbit horde will gobble up all of the easter-egg references peppered throughout the movie.
Read - 6.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
Its earnestness and idealism are refreshing.
Read - 5.0 New York PostSara Stewart
Karukoski never really succeeds in depicting the student, and later soldier, Tolkien as all that unusual.
Read - 5.0 The Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
'Tolkien' is anodyne enough that no one should be terribly upset by it, let alone deeply moved in any other way.
Read - 4.0 Time OutPhilip De Semlyen
Director Dome Karukoski peppers the film with cutaways to imaginary CGI battles and mythological beasties, but none is a fraction as thrilling as the opening moments of Peter Jackson's 'The Fellowship of the Ring'.
Read - The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy
Handsomely made in the customarily fastidious style of most period biographical dramas, 'Tolkien' is strongly served by Hoult.
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Questions about the reviews of Tolkien
- What score does Tolkien have?
- Readers give it 4.7 (4 votes). The critics, 5.4 on average from 5 reviews.
- What do the critics say about Tolkien?
- The highest score is Entertainment Weekly’s (7.0) and the lowest Time Out’s (4.0).