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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is the first installment in a three-part film adaptation based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel The Hobbit. It is followed by The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), and together, they act as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The film's screenplay was written by Jackson, his longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro, who was originally chosen to direct the film before leaving the project in 2010.

Plot
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Reception
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey received mixed reviews from critics, but it was well received by the audiences and fans of the book, who praised the characters, performances, musical score, visual style, and production values, although it was criticized its high frame rate, length, pacing, and overuse of CGI. It holds a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 299 reviews, with an average score of 6.54/10. The site's consensus reads "Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth is an earnest, visually resplendent trip, but the film's deliberate pace robs the material of some of its majesty.". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 58 out of 100 based on collected reviews from 40 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". According to CinemaScore polls, the film received an "A" grade from audiences.