VIDEO : ?Tolkien? Is A Laughable Biopic Riddled With Great-Artist Clichés

Dome Karukoski?s ?Tolkien,? a new biopic about the celebrated author of ?The Hobbit? and ?The Lord of the Rings,? throws into sharp relief the hitherto unexplored tragedy of the artist?s life. Imagine it: you?re one of the great artists of the 20th century, and yet your own story is embarrassingly contrived. At least, that?s what we can glean from ?Tolkien,? a biopic that hits so many familiar notes that it?s practically a cover song. Tolkien?s fantasy novels was based on a specific, real-life event.