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Willow
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2724
- IMDb #1699
- Google retired #2798
- Rotten Tomatoes #2684
- Metacritic #2957
- Letterboxd #2361
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3670
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1642
- Metacritic Critics #3739
- Metacritic Audience #1431
- Criticker #1620
- Kinopoisk #1762
- AlloCiné #1130
- Trakt #1523
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Lowest is Metacritic critics on 47, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 80. Critics average 50, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A humble farmer and aspiring sorcerer is entrusted with a sacred mission: protect a special infant prophesied to bring about the downfall of an evil queen. He must journey across a treacherous land to deliver the child to safety, joined by a disgraced swordsman and other unlikely allies. They are pursued by the queen's terrifying forces, including her dreaded general and a pack of savage beasts, forcing Willow to find the courage and magic within himself to become the hero he was destined to be.
Details
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Writers
- Bob Dolman, George Lucas
- Studio
- Lucasfilm Ltd., Imagine Entertainment
- Released
- 20 May 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $57.3M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Sound Editing | Ben Burtt | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Sound Editing | Richard Hymns | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Visual Effects | Dennis Muren | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Visual Effects | Phil Tippett | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Visual Effects | Christopher Leith Evans | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Visual Effects | Michael J. McAlister | Nominee |
| 9th Golden Raspberry Awards 1989 | Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award | Billy Barty | Nominee |
| 9th Golden Raspberry Awards 1989 | Worst Screenplay | Bob Dolman | Nominee |
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×| Best Sound Editing | Ben Burtt | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | Richard Hymns | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Dennis Muren | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Phil Tippett | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Christopher Leith Evans | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Michael J. McAlister | Nominee |
| Worst Screenplay | Bob Dolman | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award | Billy Barty | Nominee |