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Genres:
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Adventure /
Drama /
Family /
Fantasy
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Release:
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Director:
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Gabor Csupo
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Actors:
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Judy McIntosh,
Emma Fenton,
Kate Butler,
Devon Wood,
Grace Brannigan,
Latham Gaines,
Patricia Aldersley,
Lauren Clinton,
Isabelle Rose Kircher,
Cameron Wakefield,
Josh Hutcherson,
AnnaSophia Robb,
Zooey Deschanel,
Robert Patrick,
Bailee Madison
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Duration:
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96 min.
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Rating:
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(7.4/10)163
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Plot Summary:
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Fifth grader Jesse Aaron's hopes of comely the fastest runner in his grade are dashed when unfledged girl Leslie Burke outruns everybody, including him. After all, Jess and Leslie soon begin a friendship, and devise a magical kingdom in the forest, where the two of them jurisdiction together as prince and beauty queen. But they ere long discover that their story-book everyone is more real than they perpetually imagined.
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Bridge to Terabithia
Claudia PuigFor a movie about the power of imagination, Bridge to Terabithia is not as clever as you would hope.
Though it's a serviceable translation of Katherine Paterson's 30-year-old book, the adult characters seem caricatured, and only the story's vibrant young heroine, Leslie (an engaging AnnaSophia Robb), draws us in enough to care.
The story of two middle-schoolers who play in a vivid fantasy world seems well suited to the screen, but the giant trees, hairy vultures and other fantastical creatures offer nothing new for audiences, particularly after the inventive world of Pan's Labyrinth (a film not suitable for young children). Still, the story is a pleasant enough diversion with a positive message about seeing the troubled person behind the bully an...
conned!
took kids to cinema to see this film, felt cheated as the trailers hype this up as a 'Fantasy'. Very boring and the only fantasy you see is actually what is in the trailer. It's only a shame trading standards can't prosecute for the complete lie the selling point of this film is! Could i have my money back?
Bridge to Terabithia
Two children create their own magical imaginary kingdom in the woods near their home in this family drama
Many family movies fall into the trap of presenting childhood as a golden time of fun and frolics, free of problems or responsibilities. So it's refreshing when a movie like Bridge To Terabithia is honest enough to show that it can be both a wonderful and a painful experience.
For Jesse (Hutcherson) the only boy in a family of five children, life is a mixture of drudgery, chores, avoiding the attention of bullies at school, and wishing he could get just a little attention from his gruff, hard-working father (Patrick). Money is tight on his family's farm, and the only real escape for Jesse is through his drawing, that is until the outgoing Leslie...
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