The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Details

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

Starring

Elijah WoodIan McKellenViggo MortensenSean AstinIan Holm

Director

Peter Jackson

Writer

Peter JacksonJ. R. R. TolkienFran WalshPhilippa Boyens

Genre

AdventureFantasyAction

Release Date

Dec 19, 2001

Parents Guide

• Sex None

  A man and a woman kiss passionately and pledge their love to each other.

  Male monsters are shown emerging from goo as they are created. They wear no clothes at first and their buttocks can subtly be seen in some shots.

• Violence Moderate

  A bunch of twisted slimy dwarf skeletons.

  High King Gil-galad a character from the Silmarillion appears very briefly in the prologue, which shows him impaling an orc, a scene that was cut due to an increasing chance of an "R" rating showed his death, which included him being lifted up by "Sauron" and being set on fire by his arm, their was also going to be a brief glimpse of the aftermath of his death.

  PG-13 violence type: blood and graphic.

  This flashback culminates with a scene in which there is some more fighting similar to the big battle. A man dives into a river and then is shot by archers. We do not see the impact, but the man is seen floating dead with several arrows protruding from his back, and some diluted blood can be seen in the water.

  Two elderly men fight using long sticks that emit bolts of power. They are both knocked to the ground, and flung about. By the end, they both have bloody faces. One is magically forced to rotate while lying on the floor, with his fixed head being the central point of rotation.

  An innocent hobbit strolling down a street has his head lopped off by a Nazgul (non-graphic). The scene cuts away on impact.

  There is a battle in a cavern involving the heroes, orcs, and a troll. This battle is mostly non-graphic swordplay with the exception of two points. The first is when a man removes the head of an orc, and there is a small splash of black blood. The second is when the troll is shot through the mouth; again, there is little to no blood, but the arrows are shown protruding from the back of the creature's head, and from its mouth.

  A man is repeatedly shot with arrows. We see the impact, and he grunts in pain. He is shot three times in total. An uruk then prepares to shoot him in the head, but he is interrupted by another character.

• Profanity None

  Slang terms like: b**tard, Bloody, d**n, Hell, Maggot, etc.

• Drugs Mild

  The Hobbits drink a lot of ale, and some get drunk.

  At a bar, people drink alcohol and several of them get very drunk.

  A lot of characters smoke pipes.

  Gandalf and Bilbo are seen smoking pipes.

  When Frodo and friends go to a bar to hide from Nazgul the people that are inside are seen drinking a lot and some are getting drunk.

• Frightening Scenes Moderate

  Gandalf leans over to pick up the ring and a very sudden flash of the eye with a loud noise happens. May startle many.

  As the fellowship are crossing the bridge of Khazad-dûm, they arrive at a part of the bridge that is in the process of crumbling, and they barely make it across before the section of bridge crumbles completely and falls down into the abyss.

  A quick shot of a spider and a many-legged bug when the hobbits are hiding from a ringwraith

  In the orc place all the orcs dig for another orc which is intense.

  The film is intended for people 13 over due to violence.

  Frodo puts on the ring and sees the Eye of Sauron. This can be scary for younger viewers.

  Galadriel becomes tempted by the power of the ring, and momentarily transforms into a darker, terrifying version of herself.

  Many monsters like trolls and the Nazgul may be scary to younger ones.

  There are a couple of jump moments. A scene in which a friendly character's face briefly turns grotesque suddenly and without warning. The change is accompanied by a loud snarl from the character, but he returns back to how he was crying.

  Another jump scene involves a character hiding behind a pillar, when suddenly, a much larger creature goes around the other side of the pillar and roars loudly.

Reviews

• ★★★★★ 5 stars All Clear