Add your email and we'll match picks to the services you stream at home.

Beowulf & Grendel

Name: Beowulf & Grendel
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2005-09-14
Cast: Gerard Butler, Spencer Wilding, Stellan Skarsgård, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Hringur Ingvarsson

2005 | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With middling reviews (49% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a lukewarm 5.6 out of 10 from audiences, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for fantasy fans and action fans.
The mood: Exciting.
The pace: Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 43 min.
What might put you off: Rated R: meant for adults.

The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.

How it earned its rating

CriticsBelow par
49% on Rotten Tomatoes, 53 on Metacritic
AudiencesBelow par
5.6 out of 10
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Box office & staying powerBelow par
$92K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 61K people sought it out in the past year

Trailer

More like this

Want more like this, picked just for you? Get my picks

Cast & crew

Directed by Sturla Gunnarsson

Gerard ButlerBeowulf
Spencer WildingGrendels Father
Stellan SkarsgårdHrothgar
Ingvar E. SigurðssonGrendel
Hringur IngvarssonYoung Grendel
Gunnar EyjólfssonAeschere
Tony CurranHondscioh
Philip WhitchurchFisherman
Ronan VibertThorkel
Rory McCannBreca