Tolkien

2019

Action / Biography / Drama / History / Romance / War

127
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 71% · 197 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 50785 50.8K

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Plot summary

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

Director

Dome Karukoski Photo
Dome Karukoski

Top cast

Nicholas Hoult Photo
Nicholas Hoult as J.R.R. Tolkien
Adrian Schiller Photo
Adrian Schiller as English Master
Lily Collins Photo
Lily Collins as Edith Bratt
Nia Gwynne Photo
Nia Gwynne as Bronwen
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904.36 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 7
1.35 GB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 10
1.86 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 19
2.13 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 39

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mbritton0902 7 / 10

Where's the Catholic!?

Tolkien was an unashamedly highly devout Catholic. The movie completely misses all of this.For example, the movie opens with the Tolkien family thrust into poverty. It skips the fact that this was because Tolkien's mother converters to Catholicism in a very anti-Catholic Britain and was ostracised by her family who would not support her at all. Many more such examples missed. Tolkien called his mother a "martyr for Catholicism" and that The Lord of the Rings was fundamentally "a Catholic story."
Reviewed by Rainey-Dawn 8 / 10

Good - But Not Long Enough

The film is satisfying for the most part - I just wished there was another hour tagged onto the ending which would show us how he created some of his legendarium.The film mainly focuses on his friendships and romance with Edith in school - very little of the war was shown. Also showed his relationships with a couple of his teachers.You will easily see in the film how things connected to his books - hidden references as well obvious ones.Very good movie if you like biographies, romances and/or Tolkien.8/10
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