Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

PG

2010

1h 31m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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A father owl's tales of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole enthrall his son Soren, but an older son scoffs at the stories of winged warriors who fought an epic battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. Later the brothers become captives of the Pure Ones, but Soren makes a daring escape and, with the help of other young owls, seeks out the Guardians and brings them back to defend their people once again.

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Critics Consensus

Legend of the Guardians' dark tone and dazzling visuals are to be admired, even if they're ultimately let down by a story that never lives up to its full potential.

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

08/24/2018

3/5

With jeopardy at almost every turn, this is certainly no movie for toddlers.

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John Walsh

Independent (UK)

10/22/2010

3/5

The stars of this computerised epic are the Design and Art departments, who provide stunning landscapes, caves and kingdoms, and whose 3D magic is genuinely thrilling.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

10/22/2010

2/5

We're left with something gorgeous, turgid, and emotionally impenetrable -- less a movie, more an Imax screensaver.

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Kyle Logan

Cultured Vultures

Feb 13

One of the best kid-friendly action movies.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/03/2023

1.5/4

Once again, Snyder backs a project more about visual presentation than storytelling, a trend that’s getting old for those waiting for the director to turn out a film worthy of his evident talent.

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James McMahon

NME (New Musical Express)

05/20/2021

3.5/5

An intelligent, often thrilling excuse to soar the skies with a beauty and grace rarely found in digital animation outside of the Pixar stable.

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TheSR S

@RT85087149 Jun 6

I've always loved this movie, I was four years old when I first watched it and I still find it amazing, even though it came out in 2010 the animations the graphics and overall everything is better than nowadays movies, it's an amazing movie.

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Sthefany F

@RT96540986 Apr 23

Eu assisti esse filme a muitos anos e sempre estive a espera da continuação. Hoje coloquei o filme para meu sobrinho assistir e ele amou. Palavras dele: "foi muito massa, só faltou a cara do bico de ferro sem a máscara", ficou aqui a curiosidade. Sobre a continuação ele diz: "espero pra ver e acho que será muito incrível, pois a rainha do mal vai fazer um plano infalível para conseguir conquistar a grande árvore". Estamos torcendo, 16 anos depois, por uma continuação.

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Dominic Emmanuel S

@dominic726 Feb 3

this movie honestly proves that Snyder needs another animated film in his filmography or a sequel to it

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Luis E

@HERRERA170 Jan 7

Zack Snyder proves again he is a great visionary

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Shelby B

@ShelbyJex20 Dec 23

This movie was made way before its time, the amount of details and action as well as a good follow through story line makes this movie an overall 20/10 for me and it will always be one of my favortie childhood movies. Although there is alot of fighting it is still a well written story that I believe will help kids understand more than be sheltered from ideas of seeing war and allow a new view and creativity in ones life.

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Brendan K

@Bkeller25 Dec 4

An animation marvel visually, even 15 years later. Great voice acting and has plenty of amusing moments. My only issue with the film is that its very brisk pace can feel overwhelming. It doesn't have many moments to breathe, which on one hand helps keep the film feel exciting, but some parts I wish were more developed (especially learning to fly). I can see kids being confused at times. The movie is only about an hour and a half long, which is atypical for Snyder. It's also his only movie that isn't PG-13 or R. It's a shame we never got a sequel because overall I had a great time with this one.

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Synopsis

A father owl's tales of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole enthrall his son Soren, but an older son scoffs at the stories of winged warriors who fought an epic battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. Later the brothers become captives of the Pure Ones, but Soren makes a daring escape and, with the help of other young owls, seeks out the Guardians and brings them back to defend their people once again.

Director: Zack Snyder
Producer: Zareh Nalbandian
Screenwriter: John Orloff, Emil Stern
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Village Roadshow Entertainment, Animal Logic
Rating: PG (Some Sequences of Scary Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 24, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.7M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS