Unlikely to satisfy fans of JRR Tolkien's novels, this animated version is also small beer compared to animated spectaculars such as Mulan and The Prince of Egypt. Produced by Saul Zaentz - the man behind One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and The English Patient - it seems less concerned with Tolkien than the West Coast drug culture of the mid-1970s and as a herald of New Ageism. It's also rather slow and virtually impossible to follow unless you know the source material.

Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.