Admit One 12/13

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Plot: Bilbo, Gandalf and the dwarf company continue their quest to reclaim the dwarf kingdom of Erebor, which has been taken over by the dragon Smaug.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 74%

Critic Consensus: “While still slightly hamstrung by “middle chapter” narrative problems and its formidable length, The Desolation of Smaug represents a more confident, exciting second chapter for the Hobbit series”

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas

Starring: Tyler Perry, Larry the Cable Guy, Kathy Najimy, Chad Michael Murray, Anna Maria Horsford

Directed by: Tyler Perry

Plot: Madea accompanies a friend to the country when she visits her daughter and her boyfriend’s country fried family.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A