The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Extended Edition)

Name: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Extended Edition)
Released: 2013-12-13
Cast: Sir Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly

PG-13
3h 6m
2013

74%

age 11+

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Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson continues his Middle-Earth saga that follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who's swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. In the company of thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), Bilbo enters the Lonely Mountain in possession of Gollum's "precious" ring and his keen blade, Sting. With an all-star cast, including many acclaimed actors from The Lord of the Rings (such as Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and more), and the effects wizardry of Jackson's award-winning Weta Workshop, Tolkien's epic story comes to life as never before imagined. The Extended Edition film is 25 minutes longer with new and extended scenes, not seen in the theatrical release.

Special Features

The Appendices Part 9

The Appendices Part 10

Locked video

New Zealand: Home of Middle-earth – Part 2

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

74%

Critics Consensus: While still slightly hamstrung by "middle chapter" narrative problems and its formidable length, The Desolation of Smaug represents a more confident, exciting second chapter for the Hobbit series.

Reviews

Confessions From A Geek Mind

Kelechi Ehenulo

The whimsical and light-hearted approach has gone, replaced by a tonally darker film.

Overlong, bloated, and tedious, Jackson even did something that I'd have thought impossible, he made a giant, fire-breathing dragon voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch boring as hell.

July 8, 2020

FULL REVIEW

KCCI (Des Moines, IA)

Damond Fudge

The Desolation of Smaug is a definite improvement upon An Unexpected Journey. While I did like the first chapter, I am not above admitting it had its faults

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a good fantasy adventure that is responsible for giving us a more visceral, visually amazing and entertaining film chapter than "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey". [Full review in Spanish]

June 25, 2020

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The Curvy Film Critic

Carla Renata

Peter Jackson keeps The Hobbit franchise intact with this latest chapter! Fun, Fantastical and Fantabulous!

June 9, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 11+

Common Sense Says

Sequel bolstered by brave elves, scary dragon, big spiders.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Desolation of Smaug is the second installment in director Peter Jackson's three-part adaptation of The Hobbit. Unlike the streamlined adaptations of each of the three Lord of the Rings novels, The Hobbit is expanded beyond the source material with additional characters and story lines. While this series remains more tween-friendly than the more violent Lord of the Rings, there are still a few jump-worthy and frightening scenes, mostly dealing with the orcs, the dragon Smaug, and that most evil of beings, Sauron. Viewers with a fear of spiders may find some scenes difficult to watch. Bows are the weapons of choice, but hammers, swords, and other forged weapons are also used in the fight scenes (in addition to the dragon's built-in weapon of all-consuming fire).