A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kind-hearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Mark Rylance,
Ruby Barnhill,
Penelope Wilton
The friendly but forgetful blue tang fish begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
A mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by himself. In the process, he encounters a traumatic experience that he must overcome in order to survive.
A little girl lives in a very grown-up world with her mother, who tries to prepare her for it. Her neighbor, the Aviator, introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, the world of the Little Prince.
Levi Alexander, who plays Young Pete in the prologue, and Gareth Reeves, who plays his father, are actually related. They are first cousins, once removed. See more »
Goofs
When Grace marks the tree with blue spray paint and mentions that the owl and the tree will be safe now, she is actually marking the tree to be cut down. The U.S. Forest Service works with logging companies to thin forests by marking certain trees with blue spray paint so the loggers know to cut them down. See more »
Quotes
Grace:
[from trailer]
You don't have to run anymore, Pete. You can stay with us.
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I honestly wish I had seen this movie when I was a kid. It is the perfect movie to inspire a sense of imagination in children and doesn't really talk down to them even if it is full of clichés.
Unfortunately, however, this film just didn't do much for me personally. As I mentioned, the story is predictable and full of clichés, though I do appreciate many of the updates from the original. The original very much felt like a product of its time while this one feels very timeless. The acting from Bryce Dallas Howard and the little girl is atrocious, though most of the other actors manage to keep it to a reasonable level of cheesiness. The one stand out for me was the little boy, who did an incredible job interacting with the CGI dragon. The animation on Elliot was amazing. You truly believe this is a living, breathing character, and the acting from the little boy just heightens this even more. Every time Elliot was on screen I enjoyed the movie a little more, but the human parts just weighed the whole thing down for me.
Not to say this is a bad movie by any means, because it's not. The people who worked on this clearly put all of their effort in. Even the actors, who are totally hamming it up, obviously care about the movie and weren't phoning it in.
I normally love Disney films, but this one hit too many clichés for me. If you have children I would recommend it, but otherwise wait until it is available to rent.
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I honestly wish I had seen this movie when I was a kid. It is the perfect movie to inspire a sense of imagination in children and doesn't really talk down to them even if it is full of clichés.
Unfortunately, however, this film just didn't do much for me personally. As I mentioned, the story is predictable and full of clichés, though I do appreciate many of the updates from the original. The original very much felt like a product of its time while this one feels very timeless. The acting from Bryce Dallas Howard and the little girl is atrocious, though most of the other actors manage to keep it to a reasonable level of cheesiness. The one stand out for me was the little boy, who did an incredible job interacting with the CGI dragon. The animation on Elliot was amazing. You truly believe this is a living, breathing character, and the acting from the little boy just heightens this even more. Every time Elliot was on screen I enjoyed the movie a little more, but the human parts just weighed the whole thing down for me.
Not to say this is a bad movie by any means, because it's not. The people who worked on this clearly put all of their effort in. Even the actors, who are totally hamming it up, obviously care about the movie and weren't phoning it in.
I normally love Disney films, but this one hit too many clichés for me. If you have children I would recommend it, but otherwise wait until it is available to rent.