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FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Miranda Otto Phillippa Boyens Sean Astin Viggo Mortensen

Directors Peter Jackson

Screenwriters Fran Walsh Peter Jackson

Running Time 178 minutes

Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (PG)

Plot
Passed to him by his uncle Bilbo, young Hobbit Frodo Baggins becomes the unlikely and unwilling bearer of The One Ring of power, an instrument of unparalleled evil. And so Frodo, along with his three Hobbit chums, the wizard Gandalf and a swordsman named Strider, set out on an epic quest.

Verdict
Putting formula blockbusters to shame, Fellowship is impeccably cast and constructed with both care and passion: this is a labour of love that never feels laboured. Emotional range and character depth ultimately take us beyond genre limitations, and it deserves to play as wide as a certain Mr. Potter.


Reviewer: Colin Kennedy

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