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  • 2006
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  • Truly Indie
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2006
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  • Truly Indie
  • 1 h 44 m
Beowulf & Grendel

Summary Beowulf & Grendel is a medieval adventure, part legendary fable, part horror-story. Based on the seminal 9th century Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf, it tells the blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against a great and murderous troll, Grendel, who has laid seige to the kingdom of Hrothgar, the much respected king of the Danes. (Eq...

Directed By: Sturla Gunnarsson

Written By: Anonymous, Andrew Rai Berzins

  • 2006
  • R
  • Truly Indie
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • Truly Indie
  • 1 h 44 m

Beowulf & Grendel

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
6.6
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Summary Beowulf & Grendel is a medieval adventure, part legendary fable, part horror-story. Based on the seminal 9th century Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf, it tells the blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against a great and murderous troll, Grendel, who has laid seige to the kingdom of Hrothgar, the much respected king of the Danes. (Eq...

Directed By: Sturla Gunnarsson

Written By: Anonymous, Andrew Rai Berzins

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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50% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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50% Mixed
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A muscular, ardently naturalistic retelling of the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon saga.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
70
The epic poem Beowulf gets an imaginative, low-budget workout in this 2005 Icelandic feature by Sturla Gunnarsson.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW

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70
It's good, bloody fun that stirs the intellect whenever it feels like it, and as a swashbuckler, the dead-game Butler outswings just about anyone in Troy or Kingdom of Heaven or Tristan & Isolde.
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50
The film is very near a comedy, and I'm not sure that's on purpose.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
50
While cinema may be a visual medium foremost it's also an aural one, and the cacaphony of dialects sounds not so much "universal" or interestingly multicultural as simply all over the map.
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50
Director Sturla Gunnarsson seems aware of the savagery intrinsic to the story, but is unable to mine it deeply, proving too genteel in the end to make a genuinely creepy or disturbing film.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
25
Imagine the worst "Deadwood" episode ever, and you'll get an idea of the general tone of Beowulf & Grendel, which is full of anachronistic cursing, tortured syntax, dark humor and lots of hairy, homely, filthy-looking people.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Movision, Endgame Entertainment, Beowulf Productions Limited, Grendel Productions Inc., Icelandic Film, Spice Factory, The Film Works, Téléfilm Canada, Union Station Media
Release Date Jul 7, 2006
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The Hero. The Monster. The Myth.
Website http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/
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Awards

Genie Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Writers Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
• 1 Nomination

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