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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013 · Movie · 124 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer13%as of 2026-01-11
  • Rotten Tomatoes average3.9/10as of 2021-10-10
  • Metacritic33/100as of 2026-01-11

What it is

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is a 2013 urban fantasy film based on the first book of The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. It was directed by Harald Zwart, with a script written by Jessica Postigo. The film stars Lily Collins as Clary Fray, a teenager from New York City who meets a group of Nephilim known as the Shadowhunters while also discovering her own heritage and her family history.

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Genres
Action / Drama / Romance / Mystery / Science fiction / Fantasy / Adventure
Original language
English

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