B4U India: Jolie’s 3-D thriller ‘Beowulf’ called ‘ultimately soulless’ by critics

Jolie’s 3-D thriller ‘Beowulf’
called ‘ultimately soulless’ by critics
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ANI India on 17 November, 2007 05:45:00
 
Angelina Jolies latest animated thriller based on a millennium-old epic
Beowulf has not received good reviews from most of the critics.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film may raise the eyebrows of
English Lit professors but will quicken the pulse of everyone else.
On the other hand Variety, called the flick, sometimes stirring but ultimately
soulless and the AP opines, "Unless you're a fantasy geek...it's hard to take
all this swordplay and dragon slaying seriously."
And the New York Times joked about Jolie's 3-D debut, saying, "You could poke
your eye out with one of those things!"
The New York Post warns that, "Angelina Jolie's role as a demon is nearly as
brief as her costume, reports Usmagazine.com.
Beowulf chronicles the exploits of the mighty warrior Beowulf who battles the
demon Grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive
mother, played by Jolie. (ANI)