The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
58Kernel Score — Mixed or Average, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A $250M production that grossed over $1B worldwide, An Unexpected Journey nevertheless landed a mixed 58 Metascore—suggesting critics found the scale and box office appeal insufficient to offset narrative or stylistic concerns.
Director track record: Peter Jackson
An Unexpected Journey (58) trails well below Peter Jackson's own 72.9-point average across 11 scored films, falling short of his best-reviewed work, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (94).
Lead track record: Martin Freeman
An Unexpected Journey (58) sits precisely at Martin Freeman's 58-point average across 11 scored films, neither elevating nor diminishing his profile relative to his best-reviewed work, The World's End (81).
Box office
Budget $250M · Box office $1,021.1M