Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Mere human attempts to meddle in the affairs of gods, but just then a young teenager realizes he is a descendant of a god.
9 January 1975, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
22 June 1985, Canada
8 July 1984
14 October 1965, Middleton, Manchester, England, UK
23 August 1983, Grapevine, Texas, USA
January 09, 2015
The plot uses the presence of the Greek gods as an indistinct outline to influence teenagers who are more interested in the prestige and glamor of their connection than the responsibility that comes with it.
November 05, 2011
The premise of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief holds great potential potential the film never realizes.
February 16, 2010
It's not enough to compensate for the computer-game-style plotting, which is largely based on us picking up narrative nuggets that mechanically slot into place later on.
April 04, 2011
It kind of just builds up to a lot of Not Much.
February 12, 2010
Dutifully Potteresque it begins, and dutifully Potteresque it ends.
February 16, 2010
I thought it was mischievous and witty and amusing and I was just sort of drawn into it.
February 12, 2010
Has all the CGI sorcery of a Harry Potter pic, but none of the magic.
February 12, 2010
Director Chris Columbus has brought together the modern and mythical spheres with sharp pacing and a nifty sense of fun that atone for the film's dippier moments. It's his most enjoyable effort since Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
July 31, 2012
It provides a great adventure movie for the family audience.
August 04, 2010
Manages to pay its respects to the Greek myths and actually convey them as fun.
February 18, 2010
The Greek gods had outsized powers and petty grievances. These Gen-Y demigods are no different - it's a whole generation of kids with daddy issues
April 25, 2011
Percy Jackson is simply uninspired in every single meaning of the word. It's probably the crassest, most obviously derivative work of this sort since Eragon.
