Believe it or not this movie was given a 4.5 out of 5. Seems like critics enjoyed the movie. The movie starts of with Logan Lerman as Percy, son of a human mom named Sally (Catherine Keener) and the god Poseidon (Kevin McKidd). Poseidon's brother Zeus (Sean Bean) believes that Percy has stolen his lightning bolt, the world's most powerful weapon. If he doesn't get it back ASAP, the consequences will be dire.
Unfortunately, Percy doesn't have it. In fact, he has always believed he was just a regular kid. So his protector, Grover (Brandon T. Jackson), takes him to a camp for other young demigods, run by a centaur named Chiron (Pierce Brosnan). Here he learns about his legacy from Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), daughter of the goddess Athena.
When Percy finds out his mom was kidnapped by Hades (Steve Coogan), he sneaks out of camp with Annabeth and Grover. Their goal is to rescue Sally from the underworld, but they'll have to face challenges like the snake-haired Medusa (Uma Thurman) first.
Nearly all the adults are outrageously hammy, a strategy that only really works for Coogan. And Craig Titley's screenplay simplifies Riordan's world to such a degree that you could almost imagine the movie as a syndicated TV series. But the kids are charming, their adventures fast-paced and the effects suitably loud and explosive. Although the movie is rated PG, it's not PG. It has lots of violence and sexual scenes which aren't sutied for kids under, say 14-15. Another postive thing this movie caused is more book sales for this particular movie. After people saw the movie they loved it so much they started buying the whole series of books. Looks like the Harry Potter series has some competition.
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