Synopsis
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
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Cast
- Chris PineJack Frost (voice)
- Alec BaldwinNorth (voice)
- Jude LawPitch (voice)
- Isla FisherTooth (voice)
- Hugh JackmanE. Aster Bunnymund (voice)
- Dakota GoyoJamie (voice)
- Isabella Blake-ThomasBritish Girl (voice)
- Jacob BertrandMonty (voice)
- Khamani GriffinCaleb (voice)
- Kamil McFaddenClaude (voice)
Recommendations
- 80
Boxoffice Magazine
One of the best kid's films of the year, full of delight and action and charm and comedy. - 75
ReelViews
Rise of the Guardians is enjoyable as a stand-alone adventure - not groundbreaking animation but a solidly entertaining 90 minutes for older children and adults. - 70
The New York Times
Works so hard at celebrating wide eyes and naïve joy that it comes close to spoiling its own intermittent wonderfulness. - 70
Village Voice
At times, it approaches some of Pixar's best. - 63
Slant Magazine
This spirited enough yarn is sincere and heartening in its belief that our devotion to these youthful myths is healthy for our sense of wonderment. - 60
The Guardian
If Rise of the Guardians is finally never more than the sum of its parts, the parts themselves have real appeal. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
The characters and settings are attractively designed, and the vocal performances have real color and a sense of fun that gently undercuts the treacly sincerity of certain obligatory kid-pandering moments. - 50
Variety
Even tots may emerge feeling slightly browbeaten by this colorful, strenuous and hyperactive fantasy, which has moments of charm and beauty but often resembles an exploding toy factory rather than a work of honest enchantment.
