The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

PG-13

2014

2h 24m

Fantasy

Adventure

Action

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Having reclaimed Erebor and vast treasure from the dragon Smaug, Thorin Oakenshield sacrifices friendship and honor in seeking the Arkenstone, despite Smaug's fiery wrath and desperate attempts by the Hobbit Bilbo to make him see reason. Meanwhile, Sauron sends legions of Orcs in a sneak attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As the fate of Middle Earth hangs in the balance, the races of Men, Elves and Dwarves must decide whether to unite and prevail -- or all die.

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Critics Consensus

Though somewhat overwhelmed by its own spectacle, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ends Peter Jackson's second Middle-earth trilogy on a reasonably satisfying note.

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

01/06/2015

4.5/5

While the action scenes are eye-popping, for me the film becomes something special in stiller moments, with the megalomaniac Thorin raving, questioning, justifying, swerving towards evil.

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

01/06/2015

2.5/5

This is comfortably straightforward hokum -- which is to say that Jackson, for all his delusions of grandeur, remains a bit of a hobbit at heart.

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Leonard Maltin

leonardmaltin.com

12/19/2014

With some of the most exciting hand-to-hand combat I've ever seen portrayed onscreen the final film in "The Hobbit" trilogy really delivers the goods.

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Sean Axmaker

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04/29/2025

The final half of the film, which is already the third film in the telling, is an enormous battle and, yes, it is impressive as a physical thing. It’s also exhausting and overdone ...

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

10/17/2024

4/5

Even if you think the movie studio was milking you for three movie tickets over three years out of a book that probably could have fit into a single film, you now get to see your patience rewarded and your virtue justified.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/21/2022

4/5

It’s a tighter and more focused movie and runs 20 minutes shorter than either of the first two Hobbit films. More importantly it feels in tune with the previous movies and offers us an exciting and fitting conclusion filled with great action and emotion.

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Heather S

@Gallifreida 2d

Hot garbage. I can't even watch this ridiculous travesty.

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Avi P.

@RT68872000 4d

The extended cut is a cgi/human performance masterpiece! Yes, the cgi is heavy but it works! Especially given The Hobbit’s lighter tone in the books compared to LOTR.

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Ethan R

@Ethan856 Jun 5

An epic, and especially exhausting, finale. The final film that closes Peter Jackson’s magnificent trilogy is an exhausting, tedious, and visually dazzling journey — unfocused, bloated, and stretching thin material into a shallow and cluttered plot. Although the action scenes are certainly impressive in parts, the excess CGI makes some of them feel more like a spectacle of effects than a drama with real emotional weight.

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andrew H

@andrew512 May 7

not as enjoyable as the first two.

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Theo J

@TheoFanastic999 May 6

You know. This had a better ending than Lord of the rings. But honestly, both franchises are tied with five stars. So it’s not a whole lot better. It’s just a slight better. I honestly think this is worth watching. I may be different than most people. But I think this has a better ending than Lord of the rings. Only in the slight edge. Anyways, Peter Jackson. Please make a remake of both trilogies in the future. I would love to watch six movies of The Hobbit world. Yes Lord of the rings did had better story and more depth and more better animation. It is the better movie, because the battle of the third movie for the war. Is longer than Lord of the rings. But that’s my feedback.

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Douglas E

@RT50442544 May 3

The first film in this trilogy I didn’t like that much, but the second one and this one I really enjoyed. The elves stand out in everything; besides being immortal, they are very skilled. Legolas is my favorite character across all the films in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies.

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Synopsis

Having reclaimed Erebor and vast treasure from the dragon Smaug, Thorin Oakenshield sacrifices friendship and honor in seeking the Arkenstone, despite Smaug's fiery wrath and desperate attempts by the Hobbit Bilbo to make him see reason. Meanwhile, Sauron sends legions of Orcs in a sneak attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As the fate of Middle Earth hangs in the balance, the races of Men, Elves and Dwarves must decide whether to unite and prevail -- or all die.

Director: Peter Jackson
Producer: Fran Walsh, Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner, Eric Monette
Screenwriter: Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: 3Foot7, New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), WingNut Films
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Fantasy Action|Frightening Images|Intense Fantasy Violence)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 17, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 3, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $255.1M
Runtime: 2h 24m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital