Rise of the Guardians (3D)

Naughty, nice. You better believe.

Based on a popular childrens' book, this is an 'Avengers' type tale uniting the popular characters from every (well, every American) child's early years: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost. There's more to them than you knew ... they have previously unknown extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the Guardians must join forces to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children everywhere. This film is releasing in both 2D and 3D, this is the 3D version.

89 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Adventure, Animated, Family, Fantasy.

Oh dear, no teeth for me tonight!

Credits

Cast	Voices of Chris Pine, Alex Baldwin, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Dakato Goyo, Khamani Griffin
Director	Peter Ramsay
Screenplay	David Lindsay-Abaire, based on the book by William Joyce
Music	Alexandre Desplat
Editing	Joyce Arrastia
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2012
Produced by	DreamWorks Animation

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Animated
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Mild animated violence, fantastical, low impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	This is a childrens' film about the fight between childhood fantasy figures (Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Sandman) and The Boogeyman. Jack Frost is recruited by the Man on the Moon to help the Guardians defeat The Boogeyman and keep the joy of children alive. Mild threat and menace fairly frequently.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for thematic elements and some mildly scary action
Runtime	97
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Guardians of kids' innocence	10
Die Burger Celinda Groenewald Ou fantasiekarakters het baie skop.	15
Cape Times Todd McCarthy Kid-friendly heroic fun.	10
Box Office James Rocchi Grown-ups can worry about frame-rates in animation or if ticket sales will justify a Guardians 2, but kids will watch Rise for its nicely-tuned mix of gentle spirit and zesty storytelling, enjoying its on-screen pleasures in the moment and leaving the theater inspired more to dream than to buy.	15
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert This is a hyperkinetic 3-D action comedy, with the characters forever racing on Santa's sleigh, hurtling down chutes and zooming through tunnels that rework the same 3-D illusions over and over again.	15
ScreenIt T. Durgin Rise of the Guardians is an optimistic film for an increasingly cynical and pessimistic age. I really loved it. A film like this should be cherished, celebrated, recommended, and (yes) believed in.	16
Metacritic.com 34 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 128 critics	13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A sort of Avengers for the elementary school set, Rise of the Guardians is wonderfully animated and briskly paced, but it's only so-so in the storytelling department.	15
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	14
Movie Review Intelligence 40 critics	12
What the People say
Internet 5917 Netizens A Movie Destined To Become A Classic!	15
Average .. 67%	13