Bridge to Terabithia (Widescreen Edition)
starring: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick, Bailee Madison
directed by: Gabor Csupo
directed by: Gabor Csupo
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Fifth grader jesse aarons hopes of becoming the fastest runner in his class are dashed when new girl leslie burke outruns everybody including him. However jess & leslie soon begin a friendship & discover a magical fantasy kingdom in the forest where the two of them reign as king & queen.Studio: Buena Vista Home VideoRelease Date: 08/15/2008Run time: 96 minutesRating: Pg
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Based on Katherine Paterson's young-adult novel and filmed in picturesque New Zealand, Bridge to Terabithia has lessons to impart about empathy and self-expression, but the tone is never heavy-handed. Jesse (sleepy-eyed Josh Hutcherson, Zathura), a fifth-grade loner, lives in the country with his parents and four sisters, including pesky May Belle (Bailee Madison), who adores him. His strict father (Robert Patrick, The Terminator 2) works in a hardware store. Money is tight and classmates make fun of his hand-me-downs, so Jesse finds refuge in running and drawing. Everything changes when two writers and their daughter Leslie (wide-eyed AnnaSophia Robb, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) move in next door. Leslie is faster than all the boys, which initially puts Jesse off, but the two soon bond over their love of make-believe. In the forest, they find a creek that can only be crossed by rope. Leslie names the land on the other side Terabithia, where they imagine themselves rulers of the kingdom. Jesse and Leslie also connect with their unconventional music teacher, Ms. Edmonds (Zooey Deschanel, Elf), who encourages their creativity. Despite the tension at home, Jesse's personal life is finally coming together when the unthinkable happens. Will he revert to his anti-social ways or will he grow from the experience? Though aimed at all ages, pre-school students may find Terebithia's creatures frightening. For grade-school kids and up, however, there's much to savor in this smartly written, sensitively acted film. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Fifth grader jesse aarons hopes of becoming the fastest runner in his class are dashed when new girl leslie burke outruns everybody including him. However jess & leslie soon begin a friendship & discover a magical fantasy kingdom in the forest where the two of them reign as king & queen.Studio: Buena Vista Home VideoRelease Date: 08/15/2008Run time: 96 minutesRating: Pg
Amazon.com:
Based on Katherine Paterson's young-adult novel and filmed in picturesque New Zealand, Bridge to Terabithia has lessons to impart about empathy and self-expression, but the tone is never heavy-handed. Jesse (sleepy-eyed Josh Hutcherson, Zathura), a fifth-grade loner, lives in the country with his parents and four sisters, including pesky May Belle (Bailee Madison), who adores him. His strict father (Robert Patrick, The Terminator 2) works in a hardware store. Money is tight and classmates make fun of his hand-me-downs, so Jesse finds refuge in running and drawing. Everything changes when two writers and their daughter Leslie (wide-eyed AnnaSophia Robb, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) move in next door. Leslie is faster than all the boys, which initially puts Jesse off, but the two soon bond over their love of make-believe. In the forest, they find a creek that can only be crossed by rope. Leslie names the land on the other side Terabithia, where they imagine themselves rulers of the kingdom. Jesse and Leslie also connect with their unconventional music teacher, Ms. Edmonds (Zooey Deschanel, Elf), who encourages their creativity. Despite the tension at home, Jesse's personal life is finally coming together when the unthinkable happens. Will he revert to his anti-social ways or will he grow from the experience? Though aimed at all ages, pre-school students may find Terebithia's creatures frightening. For grade-school kids and up, however, there's much to savor in this smartly written, sensitively acted film. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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- Happy
The reciepient of this cdwas very happy to get itforMother's day and loves this movievery much.
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- Filling a World Out of Your Own Imagination
It's been a truism for decades that bright and imaginative children will create their own world, especially when the real one does not suit in the least, when distracted or uninvolved parents, quarrelsome siblings, intimidating teachers and playground bullies prove to be all too much. It's all the more tempting to build a castle in the air, and move in. This is what ten-year old pals Jesse and Leslie do, in this beautifully detailed retelling of Katherine Paterson's juvenile classic, about the power ... Read More
Rating: - Thoughtful and touches the soul
This is one of the best family films I've seen in a very long time. It was only because I was familiar with the novel that I DVR'd the film. It had been awhile since I read the novel, which was about 14 years ago when I was in the 6th grade. So I vaguely remembered the plot and ending, but that really didn't prepare me for the range of emotions I went through as I watched this film. Perhaps not having read the novel in awhile, I didn't have a overly-critical analysis of comparing the book to the film. ... Read More
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- please spare your children this movie!
I just got the movie today to see with my children (9 and 6) for a special event on Mother's day. The movie promises to invite children into a fatasy story. Instead you get a MOST DEPRESSING movie about a boy and a girl being bullied around in school and the boy gets yelled at from his Dad and then all of the sudden the heroine dies!
You keep thinking this is a Walt Disney movie for children, she must come back alive or something and so we watched it to the dreadful end. When the movie ends ... Read More
Rating: - magnificent and wildly inventive
A well-made, well-envisioned (it's based on a book) adventure family film about growing up and being a kid at the same time.
- HappyThe reciepient of this cdwas very happy to get itforMother's day and loves this movievery much.
- Filling a World Out of Your Own ImaginationIt's been a truism for decades that bright and imaginative children will create their own world, especially when the real one does not suit in the least, when distracted or uninvolved parents, quarrelsome siblings, intimidating teachers and playground bullies prove to be all too much. It's all the more tempting to build a castle in the air, and move in. This is what ten-year old pals Jesse and Leslie do, in this beautifully detailed retelling of Katherine Paterson's juvenile classic, about the power ... Read More
- Thoughtful and touches the soulThis is one of the best family films I've seen in a very long time. It was only because I was familiar with the novel that I DVR'd the film. It had been awhile since I read the novel, which was about 14 years ago when I was in the 6th grade. So I vaguely remembered the plot and ending, but that really didn't prepare me for the range of emotions I went through as I watched this film. Perhaps not having read the novel in awhile, I didn't have a overly-critical analysis of comparing the book to the film. ... Read More
- please spare your children this movie!I just got the movie today to see with my children (9 and 6) for a special event on Mother's day. The movie promises to invite children into a fatasy story. Instead you get a MOST DEPRESSING movie about a boy and a girl being bullied around in school and the boy gets yelled at from his Dad and then all of the sudden the heroine dies!
You keep thinking this is a Walt Disney movie for children, she must come back alive or something and so we watched it to the dreadful end. When the movie ends ... Read More
- magnificent and wildly inventiveA well-made, well-envisioned (it's based on a book) adventure family film about growing up and being a kid at the same time.
