Rise of the Guardians (2012)

Directed by

Peter Ramsey

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 7,198 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Legendary childhood figures like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny team up to protect children's dreams from a villain who spreads fear. They recruit Jack Frost to join their fight because the world needs a new guardian to defeat the darkness.

whimsicalheroichopefulaction-packedvisually colorfulheartfeltfast-paceduplifting

What happens

Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 American animated fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Ramsey and written by David Lindsay-Abaire, based on the book series The Guardians of Childhood and the short film The Man in the Moon by William Joyce. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, the film stars the voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, and Hugh Jackman. The film tells a story about Guardians Santa Claus (Baldwin), the Tooth Fairy (Fisher), the Easter Bunny (Jackman) and the Sandman, who enlist Jack Frost (Pine) to stop Pitch Black (Law) from engulfing the world in darkness in a fight of dreams. Rise of the Guardians premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 10, 2012, and was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on November 21, and received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. Despite grossing $306.9 million worldwide against a budget of $145 million, the film was deemed a box-office failure that lost the studio an estimated $87 million due to marketing and distribution costs. It was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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