Rise of the Guardians Reviews
Cinema Sight
A beautiful fantasy adventure that might change a few minds about the power and importance of these childhood fantasy characters.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Tulsa World
DreamWorks' newest picture is definitely one for the kids, but director Peter Ramsey makes it fun enough to put a smile on parents' faces.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
An entertaining experience, whether you see it in 3-D or 2-D, 'Rise of the Guardians' is an enjoyable adventure for all ages.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
The animation's usually a visual delight. There's enough visual spark and inventiveness to make this animated adventure rise above the Christmas crowd of flicks.
Film and Felt
Alas, a sweet heart and a tender message aren't enough to save Rise of the Guardians from its overly sugary ways.
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| Original Score: 42/100
Movie Talk
Rise of the Guardians delivers a giddy, kinetic excitement as its heroes whoosh and swoop through the air, or glide and skitter on ice.
3AW
In one of the best, brightest, most beautifully realised and visually sumptuous tentpole animation films of the year...an absolute joy to behold, as lovingly made a piece of corporate entertainment as you're likely to find at the multiplex.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Cinema Crazed
One of the best surprises of 2012.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Flicks.co.nz
Delivers an entertaining twist on the fabricated mascots that kids will enjoy.
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| Original Score: 3/5
ABC Radio Brisbane
From the wind rustling through Jack Frost's white hair to the panoramic vistas as they fly through the sky, it all looks amazing.
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| Original Score: B+
The Mercury
Whatever its agenda might (or might not) be, Rise of the Guardians is a surprisingly rousing tale with a story that resonates easily, if not deeply.
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| Original Score: 3/5
The Sunday Age
Rise of the Guardians is both reasonably quirky and mildly serious. It wants children to believe there's more to animation than fast food tie-ins.
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| Original Score: 6/10
At the Movies (Australia)
This lovely fantasy has been brought to beautiful 3D life by Peter Ramsey, the visual effects are really something.
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| Original Score: 4/5
PopMatters
The villain begins by kidnapping Tooth's worker fairies: it's never clear how she's so human-sized and they're all fairy-sized and have no voices, or how they're the workers and she's management.
Creative Loafing
More exhausting than exciting, but there are enough amusing gags to prevent on-the-fence viewers -- and critics -- from going full Scrooge on the final product.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Urban Cinefile
Youngsters will enjoy the diversion with the film's cute characters and creative visuals although there is a frenetic feel about the action that tends to overwhelm the story on an emotional level. As a result, there is little heart that resonates
Moviedex
While the concept is novel - and the animation often dazzling - the story and characterisations soon prove trite, condescending and dull.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Spirituality and Practice
An unusual 3D tale about a playful free spirit who is thrilled to become a Guardian who watches over children.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Top Critic
Aisle Seat
Rise of the Guardians is kind of like The Avengers, except that instead of superheroes, the characters are people your parents lied to you about when you were a kid. It could become a perennial family favorite.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
