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.

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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

Sep 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

Jun 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

Jan 5, 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

Oct 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

Aug 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

Oct 8, 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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Jacob W

@RT17896586 1 day ago

A great creature feature

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Connor D

@Chills_Thrills_Podcast 5 days ago

A 2nd attempt at an American Godzilla film fairs way better! A star studded cast,and a Godzilla origin story we can all get behind. Gareth Edward's delivers in this 2014 film.

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Avery B

@RT36417369 Nov 6, 2026

Great movie. I remember not liking it when I was younger. Probably because Godzilla wasn’t in in a lot. And that’s the grudge people still use today. But it just makes the scenes even more impactful. Godzilla had scale. He had a great villain to start with. Had a great idea. And the characters felt important. And the fight scene awesome.

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Jacob N

@RT90164981 Oct 24, 2026

It’s really good. Love the darker tone!!

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Jane C

@JaneConquest Oct 8, 2026

A masterpiece on every level.

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David G

@dgannon1 Oct 5, 2026

A fun movie to watch on the weekend, a great introduction to new fans of Godzilla world.

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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

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