Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds

Arthur and the War of Two Worlds

Teaser poster
Directed by Luc Besson
Produced by Luc Besson
Stéphane Lecomte
Emmanuel Prévost
Written by Luc Besson
Céline Garcia
Based on Arthur and the War of Two Worlds
by Luc Besson
Starring Freddie Highmore
Selena Gomez
Jimmy Fallon
Music by Éric Serra
Cinematography Thierry Arbogast
Production
company
EuropaCorp
Apipoulaï
Avalanche Productions
Nafia Entertainment Group
Distributed by EuropaCorp (France)
20th Century Fox/The Weinstein Company (USA)
Release dates
  • October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) (France)
Running time
 101 minutes
Country France
Language English
Budget €65 million[1]
($91 million)
shared with Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Box office $30,698,619[2]

Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds (French: Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes, also known in North America as Arthur and the Invisibles 3 or simply Arthur 3) is a 2010 English-language French animated/live-action feature film co-written, co-produced and directed by Luc Besson, based on his novel of the same title and starring Freddie Highmore and the other actors that reprise for the movie. EuropaCorp produced the film, which is the third in Besson's Arthur series, following Arthur and the Invisibles and continuing Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard.

Plot

Following the second film of the series, Maltazard has assumed human size, and left Arthur in miniature. Accompanied by Selenia and Betameche, Arthur attempts to retrieve an enlarging potion from his house, which Maltazard seizes to enlarge his followers, whereafter Arthur returns to human form using an Elixir of Life given by a queen bee. Archibald convinces Darkos, Maltazard's son, to change sides, and enlarges him with a second potion. Arthur and Darkos then confront Maltazard, until Selenia and Betameche shrink Maltazard back to his Minimoy size and Arthur captures him, while the U.S. Army overcome Maltazard's forces. Maltazard thereafter remains a prisoner of Arthur's family.

During the credits Darkos sings David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel".

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds received mixed to negative reviews. One critic deemed the film "A mild improvement over its two predecessors" and gave the film a score of 2/5.[3] Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 20% approval rating based on 5 reviews, with a rating average of 4.8/10.[4]

US release

Arthur and the War of Two Worlds was not released theatrically in the US, due to the poor box office showing of Arthur and the Invisibles. Instead, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released it together with Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard as a two-movie direct-to-video set on March 22, 2011, under the title Arthur and the Invisibles 2+3: The New Minimoy Adventures.

UK release

Shortly after the film's initial release, it was edited together with Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard into a shortened (107 minutes) single sequel film. This version, under the title Arthur and the Great Adventure, was theatrically released on December 24, 2010.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Mintzer, Jordan (October 14, 2010). "Review: 'Arthur and the War of Two Worlds'". Variety. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ Nusair, David (24 March 2011). "The Films of Luc Besson". Reel Film Reviews. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Arthur and the Invisibles 3: Arthur and the War of Two Worlds (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Sandhu, Sukhdev (December 23, 2010). "Arthur and the Great Adventure, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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