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Name: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Director: Peter Jackson
Genre: action, adventure, fantasy
Released: 2013
Duration: 2 h 41 min
Rating: 7.8

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has an iRankMovies score of 74.2/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.

Release:2013

Runtime:2h 41m

Country:New Zealand

Director:Peter Jackson

Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureFantasy

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Keywords

GoldLakeBased On Novel Or BookElvesDwarfShapeshiftingMountainGiant Spider

iRank74

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.8/10· 753K votes

Rotten Tomatoes74%

Metacritic66%

TMDb7.578/10· 14K votes

With 74% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 66/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

Cast of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Ian McKellen
as Gandalf the Grey
Martin Freeman
as Bilbo Baggins
Richard Armitage
as Thorin Oakenshield
Benedict Cumberbatch
as Smaug / Sauron
Orlando Bloom
as Legolas
Evangeline Lilly
as Tauriel
Lee Pace
as King Thranduil
Luke Evans
as Bard / Girion
Stephen Fry
as The Master of Laketown
Ken Stott
as Balin
James Nesbitt
as Bofur
Mikael Persbrandt
as Beorn

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug facts

Budget: $250M
Box office: $958.4M
Collection: The Hobbit Collection

Our take on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Peter Jackson's 2013 middle chapter picks up as the dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf escape the Misty Mountains, with Bilbo now carrying the One Ring. Their journey toward the Lonely Mountain and its gold brings them face to face with Smaug, the dragon guarding the hoard. As sweeping action-adventure fantasy, it favors momentum, set pieces and expansive Middle-earth vistas over the gentler tone of the tale's beginnings. If you love large-scale fantasy spectacle and the anticipation of confronting a legendary dragon, this delivers grandly. As a bridging installment, it assumes you've seen the first film and ends mid-quest, so temper expectations of resolution. Best enjoyed on the largest screen available.

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