An absolute piece of crap.

Rating: 1/10 (18 April 2008)

Absolutely one of the worst films I've ever seen -- and I've seen many. If you're a thirteen-year-old lad, you may like the gore, juvenile sexual innuendo and Dungeons-and-Dragons framing of this film. If you're an adult who has ever appreciated the original Anglo-Saxon epic, you'll be appalled. The plot has only the vaguest of resemblance to the original work. It was actually painful to hear Sir Anthony Hopkins recite such childish dialogue.
I can only conclude that the intent of this film was to create a video game -- that's what the film feels like . It certainly wasn't to tell the story of Beowulf. My recommendation: do yourself a favour; skip the film and buy the audiobook of Seamus Heaney's 1999 translation instead.