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  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
    Review preview for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    The pacing is agonisingly ponderous: in the screening I attended two ents got up and left.

    Max Crawford · 2 out of 5
    An ordinary hobbit is caught up with a group of dwarves en route to recover a legendary treasure from a dragon's lair.
  • The Hobbit (1966)
    Review preview for The Hobbit

    A whimsical tale that will continue to charm younger viewers today.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A little hobbit is persuaded to go on a quest to kill the monstrous dragon Slag.
  • The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014)
    Review preview for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

    More combat means less time for character interaction, and by the third act, Jackson has already shoehorned in more characters than the film can handle.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    Bilbo and his pals do battle at the Lonely Mountain as the trilogy draws to a close.
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (2013)
    Review preview for The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

    Benedict Cumberbatch lends this cruel, ancient dragon all the gravitas and otherworldliness that Sean Connery utterly failed to in Dragonheart.

    Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
    The dwarves and their companions continue their quest to rid their homeland of the dragon, Smaug.

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