Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
A teen boys discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. Based on the book by Rick Riordan.
29 October 1982, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
23 April 1967, Akron, Ohio, USA
18 January 1987, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
24 November 1983, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
22 June 1985, Canada
13 January 1987, USA
24 September 1983, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
3 March 1989, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
7 March 1984, Detroit, Michigan, USA
17 June 1986, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
19 February 1957, Hackney, London, England, UK
November 05, 2011
The premise of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief holds great potential potential the film never realizes.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.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.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.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 issuesFebruary 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.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 12, 2010
Dutifully Potteresque it begins, and dutifully Potteresque it ends.April 04, 2011
It kind of just builds up to a lot of Not Much.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.