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Rise of the Guardians
2012
· Movie
· 97 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #260
- IMDb #228
- Google retired #57
- Rotten Tomatoes #241
- Metacritic #249
- Letterboxd #233
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #288
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #199
- Metacritic Critics #268
- Metacritic Audience #183
- Criticker #191
- Douban #98
- Kinopoisk #90
- AlloCiné #82
- Trakt #124
Every rating
46–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 46, highest is Google on 96.
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Details
- Director
- Peter Ramsey
- Writer
- David Lindsay-Abaire
- Based on
- Guardians of Childhood
- Studio
- DreamWorks Animation
- Released
- 21 November 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $145.0M
- Box office
- $306.9M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 25 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 34 →9 wins from 34 nominations across 21 ceremonies
| Critics Choice Movie Awards 2013 | Best Animated Feature | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2013 | Best Animated Feature Film | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
| Producers Guild of America Awards 2013 | Best Animated Motion Picture | Nancy Bernstein and Christina Steinberg | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2014 | Outstanding Youth Blu-Ray/DVD | Rise of the Guardians | Winner |
| African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2013 | Best Animation | Rise of the Guardians | Winner |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards 2013 | Best Animated Female | Isla Fisher | Nominee |
| American Cinema Editors Awards 2013 | Best Edited Animated Feature Film | Joyce Arrastia | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2013 | Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production | Pierre Perifel | Nominee |
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Critics Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature Film | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Motion Picture | Nancy Bernstein and Christina Steinberg | Nominee |
Annie Awards
10 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production | Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, and David Lipton | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in a Feature Production | Johanne Matte | Winner |
| Best Animated Feature | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production | Pierre Perifel | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production | Phillppe LeBrun | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production | David Pate | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in a Feature Production | Joyce Arrastia | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Patrick Hanenberger, Max Boas, Jayee Borcar, Woonyoung Jung, Perry Maple, Peter Maynez, Stan Seo, and Felix Yoon | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Jude Law | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | Rise of the Guardians | Winner |
| Outstanding Youth Blu-Ray/DVD | Rise of the Guardians | Winner |
International Film Music Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score for an Animated Film | Alexandre Desplat | Winner |
| Film Composer of the Year | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
African-American Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animation | Rise of the Guardians | Winner |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| BMI Film Music Awards | Alexandre Desplat | Winner |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Peter Ramsey | Winner |
Mill Valley Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Favorite Children's Film | Peter Ramsey | Winner |
Visual Effects Society Awards
3 nominations
| Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature | Eric Bouffard, Sonja Burchard, Andy Harbeck, and Peter Maynez for "The North Pole " | Nominee |
| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature | Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, Andrew Wheeler, and Stephen Wood for "Last Stand" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature | Nancy Bernstein, David Prescott, Peter Ramsey, and Christina Steinberg | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Female | Isla Fisher | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Animated Feature Film | Joyce Arrastia | Nominee |
Black Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Peter Ramsey | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated | Tighe Sheldon, Andy Nelson, Jim Bolt, Peter Cobbin, and Kyle Rochlin | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Rise of the Guardians | Nominee |
World Soundtrack Awards
1 nomination
| Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |