Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.
- world war i
- male friendship
- biography
- based on true story
- coming of age
- mentor protégé relationship
- boys' school
- troubled relationship
- oxford university
- birmingham
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Nicholas Hoult
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lily Collins
Edith Bratt
Colm Meaney
Father Francis Morgan
Derek Jacobi
Professor Joseph Wright
- Harry Gilby — Young J.R.R. Tolkien
- Mimi Keene — Young Edith Bratt
- Anthony Boyle — Geoffrey Bache Smith
- Adam Bregman — Young Geoffrey Bache Smith
- Patrick Gibson — Robert Q. Gilson
- Albie Marber — Young Robert Q. Gilson
- Tom Glynn-Carney — Christopher Wiseman
- Ty Tennant — Young Christopher Wiseman
- Craig Roberts — Private Sam Hodges
- Pam Ferris — Mrs. Faulkner
- James MacCallum — Hilary Tolkien
- Directed
- Dome Karukoski
- Written
- Stephen Beresford, David Gleeson
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 1,565 ratings
- Studio
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
