Godzilla

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Godzilla

PG-13

2014

2h 3m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe (Bryan Cranston). Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

Critics Consensus

With just enough human drama to anchor the sweeping spectacle of giant monsters smashing everything in sight, Gareth Edwards' Godzilla satisfyingly restores the franchise's fire-breathing glory.

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David Sims

AV Club

09/22/2016

Every time Edwards' Godzilla rears up, you stiffen with excitement. Every time he roars, Edwards wants you to feel it and wince.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/18/2016

'Godzilla' doesn't feel cynical; there's a sense of joy to the picture, of honest-to-God fun, which separates it from many of its summer movie brethren.

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Richard Lawson

Vanity Fair

01/05/2015

This isn't a thinking man's Godzilla, exactly, but it's certainly clever where it counts.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

10/14/2024

3/5

Amazingly, “Godzilla,” while actually having a trainwreck in it (two in fact), is not a complete trainwreck itself.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

08/19/2024

A-

Godzilla isn’t a perfect film by any means, but it takes aspects of what we know about Godzilla and pieced it together in a way that felt real, intense and big.

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Wael Khairy

The Cinephile Fix

10/08/2023

Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla is a beast of a film, and while it does brush its thick tail close to greatness, it is not without its flaws.

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Sultan A

@RT18690263 1d

Peak Godzilla childhood movie ❤️

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MC R

@RT91491190 May 23

I though let's give the monsterverse movies a chance to rewatch. Starting with Godzilla. It's funny this movies doesn't really deliver in quality movie but still are entertaining. Godzilla isn't though. It started bad to be honest! Even the monster fights weren't really that cool! Let's see Kong: Skull Island I guess

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Nguyễn Đức Kiên A

@RT99143210 May 14

That's why I fricking love Godzilla 2014 + Shin, Cloverfield, Pacific Rim and now Iron Lung. They did monster experience JUSTICE the feeling of size where they all can't fit in one screen, the weight whenever they move or make impact, the breathtaking lighting and pacing. But indeed, Godzilla should appears more but not too much. Other than that, the writing is just that good, been a big fan for 12 years now thanks to this movie. It gives such a milestone back then causes by the feeling of realism with cinema's atmosphere. Wish to see this way of presenting monsters again. Or if appears more, do it right.

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Randy V

@randyvandalsuperstar May 11

Nauseatingly American movie which is mostly military men doing military things and shooting giant monsters with assault rifles. Godzilla happens to appear in this movie on occasion, a celebrity cameo in a movie which is otherwise most comparable to G.I. Joe.

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Henry C.

@RT43917961 May 8

If you go into this movie expecting an action sci-fi experience, you will be let down. However, if you view this movie as a horror suspense thriller it will deliver spectacularly.

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Haytham O

@UtahOcean Apr 2

I really loved it and parts of it gave me chills, but I still felt it was a letdown. I mean… I think Godzilla gets like five or 10 minutes of actual screen time in total? Still worth at least one watch, though.

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Synopsis

Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe (Bryan Cranston). Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

Director: Gareth Edwards
Producer: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Brian Rogers
Screenwriter: Max Borenstein
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Legendary Entertainment, Warner Bros., Disruption Entertainment, Legendary Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Seq. of Destruction|Creature Violence|Mayhem)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $200.7M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital