There are one or two compelling reasons to watch Beowulf. One is to find out what Angelina Jolie coated in an oil slick looks like. A second is to find out how the hell the word ‘Beowulf’ is pronounced. Unfortunately, that’s more or less it.
Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) rules over his 6th century AD Danish kingdom, mostly by encouraging his subjects to drink mead in staggering proportions, and in general have a good time. He is advised by the oily Unferth (John Malkovich), and his endlessly suffering wife Wealthow (Robin Wright Penn) flits about with such a morose....