Tolkien
Year: 2019
Director: Dome Karukoski
Starring: Lilly Collins, Nicholas Hoult, Derek Jacobi & Colin Meaney
Runtime: 112 mins
BBFC: 12
Published: 17/05/19 (Legacy Review)
Director: Dome Karukoski
Starring: Lilly Collins, Nicholas Hoult, Derek Jacobi & Colin Meaney
Runtime: 112 mins
BBFC: 12
Published: 17/05/19 (Legacy Review)
Considering that Middle Earth is one of my favourite fictional worlds, and Lord of the Rings I would consider one of the greatest stories of all time, it would be unforgivable to have missed Tolkien, the new biopic of author J.R.R Tolkien’s early life.
The film does a fairly competent job at relaying what we know to be true of his life and friendships in a dramatic way, yet ultimately fails to give us much reason to care about any characters beyond Tolkien himself.
Nicholas Hoult delivers a fantastic performance as the man himself and really sells the idea of a highly intelligent man who is consistently undermined by those whom are older or wealthier than he.
The Middle Earth fan in me is annoyed that the film ends with him starting The Hobbit as I would have liked to have seen at least a little more of the thought process behind the book fleshed out. But in the grand scheme of the story being told it’s a fitting end point.
Certainly not a film for everyone, but fans of Tolkien’s work should find enough to enjoy as you see the events of his early life transform into a skeletal plot of LotR and Hobbit.
The film does a fairly competent job at relaying what we know to be true of his life and friendships in a dramatic way, yet ultimately fails to give us much reason to care about any characters beyond Tolkien himself.
Nicholas Hoult delivers a fantastic performance as the man himself and really sells the idea of a highly intelligent man who is consistently undermined by those whom are older or wealthier than he.
The Middle Earth fan in me is annoyed that the film ends with him starting The Hobbit as I would have liked to have seen at least a little more of the thought process behind the book fleshed out. But in the grand scheme of the story being told it’s a fitting end point.
Certainly not a film for everyone, but fans of Tolkien’s work should find enough to enjoy as you see the events of his early life transform into a skeletal plot of LotR and Hobbit.