SummaryBeowulf & 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. (Equinoxe Fi... Read More
Directed By:Sturla Gunnarsson
Written By:Andrew Rai Berzins, Anonymous
Beowulf & Grendel
Metascore
Mixed or Average
53
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
53
44% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
50% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
6% Negative
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1 Review
75
A muscular, ardently naturalistic retelling of the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon saga.
70
The epic poem Beowulf gets an imaginative, low-budget workout in this 2005 Icelandic feature by Sturla Gunnarsson.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
33% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
61% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
6% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Jan 4, 2013
8
In my opinion this is a good movie! Don't have special effects but tell the legend in a good way. I Like this movie. Try it
Feb 18, 2020
5
Reasonable take on the Beowulf story that's well-shot and acted but has various problems with its screenplay.
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.
50
The film is very near a comedy, and I'm not sure that's on purpose.
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.
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.
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.
Production Company:
- Movision
- Endgame Entertainment
- Beowulf Productions Limited
- Grendel Productions Inc.
- Icelandic Film
- Invico Capital
- Movie Central
- Spice Factory
- The Film Works
- The Movie Network
- Téléfilm Canada
- Union Station Media
Release Date:Jul 7, 2006
Duration:1 h 43 m
Rating:R
Tagline:The Hero. The Monster. The Myth.
Awards
Genie Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Writers Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
• 1 Nomination
