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'The Hobbit' Is 'Solid' But Not 'Exceptional'

by Kenneth Turan, NPR
December 13, 2012

Director Peter Jackson takes his audience back to Middle-earth in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, set in a time before the Lord of the Rings films.

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  • Morning Edition, December 13, 2012
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