Rise of the Guardians

Name: Rise of the Guardians
Released: 2011-10-28
Cast: Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman

PG
1h 37m
2011

74%

age 7+

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A fun-filled magical story about the legendary guardians– Jack Frost (Chris Pine), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman), Santa Claus, and the Tooth Fairy- together for the first time! When the evil boogeyman Pitch (Jude Law) threatens to take over the world, it’s up to our beloved heroes to protect the hopes and dreams of all children. It’s a dazzling and heartwarming family film.

Director:

Producer:

Writer:

David Lindsay-Abaire

Cast:

Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman

EXTRAS

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Dreamers & Believers

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The Man Behind the Guardians

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Jingle Elves

Behind the Magic

Creating An Epic

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

74%

Critics Consensus: A sort of Avengers for the elementary school set, Rise of the Guardians is wonderfully animated and briskly paced, but it's only so-so in the storytelling department.

Reviews

Flick Feast

Katie Smith-Wong

[Rise of the Guardians] invokes a charm and sweetness that is different to other animated films ou...

I'm sure [it] will be a big hit, and kids will eat it up. But as much as I might try to simulate t...

If you don't enjoy this you probably don't like Christmas

July 25, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

Rachel Wagner

It's one of [Dreamworks'] best animated films for sure.

This erratic flurry of light and colour is made more than bearable thanks to a script full of real...

February 6, 2019

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 7+

Common Sense Says

Holiday icons defend childhood in gorgeous adventure.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Rise of the Guardians is sort of like The Avengers with childhood icons: Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman. There's lots of action and some mild violence revolving around the menacing bad guy Pitch Black, who turns children's dreams into nightmares with his cavalry of scary stallions (some scenes may feel more intense in the movie's 3-D version). (Spoiler alert!) One Guardian is destroyed but comes back to life at the end of the movie. There's some insulting language like "coward" and "selfish" and "go suck an egg," and in a flashback, a main character drowns but transforms rather than dying. Whether they personally believe in these characters or not (and the nontraditional way they're portrayed here could get some of them wondering...), kids will root for the Guardians as they fight the forces of chaos and despair.