What if our childhood icons Santa Claus, The Tooth Fairy, The Sandman, The Easter Bunny and Jack Frost actually know each other and they form a group known as the Guardians and they protect all the children all over the world from a risen force of darkness? That's the premise of Rise of the Guardians, an animated movie based on the book "The Guardians of Childhood" by William Joyce and the film is a visual treat in 3D, one of the few times that it's worth paying the extra surcharge for.
When Pitch aka The Boogeyman (voiced by Jude Law) comes back after years of neglect, it's up to the Guardians to save the kids happiness from disappearing into darkness. What's original about the film is that each Guardian has a distinct characteristic of it's own. Except for the Sandman who did not utter a single word, but still his character is lovable and sympathetic, Santa Claus (voiced by Alec Baldwin) is nicknamed North and has a Russian accent, the Easter Bunny (voiced by Hugh Jackman) is a macho rodent with an Aussie twang and the Tooth Fairy or Tooth for short (voiced by Isla Fisher) sounds like a fan of Justin Bieber. Jack Frost (voiced by Chris Pine) has the Peter Pan vibe and the story does revolve around him.
Santa's elves though are poor copycats of the lovable Minions in Despicable Me and as an avid moviegoer, that's easily recognizable. That was the only flaw I saw in the film.
Rise of the Guardians caters to every age group for their are kids out there who needs some fun at the movies and as for us adults too because at one time we were once kids too.
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