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Closing The Ring delivers romance on an epic scale and seems destined to be the pride of some people's DVD collections, but beneath the gloss and the carefully crafted performances, it's lacking something.

Tellingly, despite all this extra material, the film does not feel slower and does not become boring. If anything, it’s better balanced, with a more fluid sense of momentum.

There's a can-do attitude about the production which is very endearing but doesn't always succeed in producing something watchable.

Has its moments of genius.

The Return Of The King is too long and slow. It has about five endings.

There is an absence of passion in the production which undermines everything else.

There is a complete absence of vision alongside a dearth of passion that eats away at one’s soul as one watches.

This is indeed the war of worlds

To mix courtly and cavalry intrigue requires stable footing and the film is well poised.

The performances by Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson are intense and charming.

Affectionate and good-natured and, let's face it, a bit soppy and predictable.

The more you know, the less you fear.

An entertaining, anxious film.

Given the limitations placed on directors by silent movies, Hitchcock achieves an enviable amount of nuance.

Of the two halves, the first is by far the most successful.