Tolkien

Theatrical - Wide 2019-05-10

Cast Nicholas Hoult Lily Collins Colm Meaney Derek Jacobi Craig Roberts

Box Office Gross: $8,654,322

Running Time: 112 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Fox Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment

Genres: Drama Romance War

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5/10

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England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as... See more they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

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