Angelina Jolie’s Thriller Beowulf Doesn’t Thrill Most Critics
Angelina Jolie’s nearly-naked scene as villain Grendel’s mother in Beowulf has already caused a stir and made the actress herself claim it made her feel “shy.” But, despite the allure of an undressed Jolie, will movie-goers shy away this weekend from this 3-D thriller based on a millenium-old epic?
Reviews of the movie offer a resounding … maybe, maybe not.
The Hollywood Reporter says that Beowulf “may raise the eyebrows of English Lit professors but will quicken the pulse of everyone else.” Variety, on the other hand, calls 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.”
The only thing that everyone can agree on? Jolie has a heck of an entrance.
“Angelina Jolie…makes a truly show-stopping entrance, her nude, gold-smeared body stalking into the frame on stiletto heels,” Variety’s reviewer writes.
And the New York Times jokes about Jolie’s 3-D debut, “You could poke your eye out with one of those things!”
Maybe that’s why Movies.com critic Dave White calls Beowulf one of “the most headache-inducing movies of the year.”
Still, our favorite take on Jolie’s character has to be the AP’s: “If you had magical powers, wouldn’t you turn yourself into naked Angelina Jolie?”
But before you get too excited, the New York Post warns, “Angelina Jolie’s role as a demon is nearly as brief as her costume.”
Tell Us: Do you plan to see Beowulf?
Source: US Magazine
