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TopTenREVIEWS presents the movie reviews of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)

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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:3.6351
Avg Critic Score:3.6206

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) Movie Reviews

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Excellent
4
74.07%
(260)
Very Good
3
19.66%
(69)
Good
2
6.27%
(22)
Fair
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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Leaving Middle Earth, Jackson is now headed for Skull Island and a remake of King Kong that already has me excited. ...read the complete Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
An experience of epic scope and grandeur, amazing emotional power, and relentless momentum. ...read the complete Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
There is little enough psychological depth anywhere in the films, actually, and they exist mostly as surface, gesture, archetype and spectacle. They do that magnificently well, but one feels at the end that nothing actual and human has been at stake. ...read the complete Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
This is a film in which ideas resonate as well as action. Gandalf’s words to Pippin about death have a muscular poetry. ...read the complete Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null) filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
If you can make it through the slow parts, Return of the King rewards the patient with the most heart-pounding action of the year. ...read the complete Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Chauncey Mabe)
A grand, richly achieved fantasy epic that exalts such previously uncool virtues as honor, loyalty, self-sacrifice and chivalry....read the complete Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Chauncey Mabe)
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TheMovieBoy Review (Dustin Putman)
In the two years since the release of 2001's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," awareness and general fandom for the film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy has grown to near-astronomical levels. At this point, to...read the complete Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) review at TheMovieBoy Review (Dustin Putman)
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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
The Return of the King is the final chapter of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, ending the series by ratcheting up the action to a fever pitch, while also gearing up for a highly emotional summation. Again, I will try not to go into comparisons of the movie...read the complete Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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