Beowulf & Grendel

As a bewitching seeress named Selma (her sisters must be called Babs and Muffy), the usually excellent Sarah Polley bellyflops badly, with flat line-readings that prompt only snickers.....Skarsgaard, a talented actor who realizes he's signed up for a losing game, gives us a method Hrothgar, funny, odd, and occasionally moving..... ... Full Review

BEOWULF & GRENDEL : Syrupy and annoying. Icelandic director Sturla Gunnarsson treats the Old English epic about a foreign warrior enlisted by a broken Dane king to rid the land of a scourge with both respect and irreverence. ... Full Review

you've got a surprisingly watchable flick on your hands --....The cast is pretty strong, the look of the film is surprisingly effective, and the story moves along at a fairly appreciable clip .......Toss into the equation a saucy young witch, a babbling priest, and some truly stunning Icelandic cinematography....faithfully" tells the Beowulf tale, you should probably look elsewhere.... ... Full Review

Driven by what could only be called mad Icelandic energy, Gunnarsson's Beowulf & Grendel is by turns stark, ludicrous and fascinating, with the odd dumb joke and anachronistic wisecracks leavening the earnestness. B & G is a ludicrous movie with mad Icelandic energy, severed body parts, lots of mead, grimy imagery and real frost on the characters' breath (bring a sweater). ... Full Review

Sturla would graciously answer all of my questions with very detailed answers as he patiently went through the process of signing several dozen "Beowulf and Grendel" posters to be given to the fans at the screening. But I think that the final question that was asked Sturla by an audience member stands as the most brilliant sum-up of their reaction to "Beowulf and Grendel". ... Full Review

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Director Sturla Gunnarsson brings to life Beowulf & Grendel , one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon epic poems. Rather than a literal adaptation, he presents us a story that could have inspired the myth. ... Full Article

Director Sturla Gunnarsson brings to life Beowulf & Grendel, one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon epic poems. Rather than a literal adaptation, he presents us a story that could have inspired the myth. ... Full Article

Beowulf & Grendel , directed by Sturla Gunnerson, and starring Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgard, and Sarah Polley, was released on DVD September 26, 2006. The film never received a widespread U.S. theatrical release, so the DVD release is the first... ... Full Article

One of the oldest epic poems in the English language gets a robust visual interpretation in this historical epic shot on location in Iceland. Hrothgar ( Stellan Skarsgård ) is a Danish king who murders a troll that has been... ... Full Article

Two elements of "Beowulf & Grendel" make a mixed-up and unbalanced picture nearly worthwhile.One is Iceland. Shooting in various, epically craggy corners of a country that hasn't been location-scouted to death, the film's makers resort to not a single... ... Full Article