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41
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Bridge to Terabithia
Walt Disney Pictures
MPAA RATING: PG for thematic elements including bullying, some peril and mild language
Starring
Josh Hutcherson,
AnnaSophia Robb,
Zooey Deschanel,
Robert Patrick,
Bailee Madison,
and
Lauren Clinton
Based on the popular Newberry Award-winning novel, Bridge to Terabithia is a fantasy/adventure story of friendship, family and the power of imagination. (Walt Disney Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Adventure
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Family/Kids
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Fantasy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Jeff Stockwell
David Paterson
Katherine Paterson (book)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Gabor Csupo
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 19, 2007
Theatrical: February 16, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
95 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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90
Village Voice
Jessica Grose
Director Gabor Csupo of Rugrats "fame" steer clear of cutesy tween stereotypes, but it's Jess's relationship with his father, played by Robert Patrick, that elevates Terabithia from a good kids movie to a classic contender.

90
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
The news is good for Bridge to Terabithia fans. The beloved children's book has not just survived but thrived in its adaptation to the screen.

90
Los Angeles Times
Alex Chun
A wonderfully heart-wrenching love story for tweens, teens, and even adults who fondly remember when a friendship could be ignited by a gesture as simple as offering a stick of Juicy Fruit.

88
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
This is easily the best family feature of the early year.

83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
This is Csupo's feature directorial debut, but as creator, producer, and writer of "Rugrats" and "The Wild Thornberrys," among several other series, he's had a long career in animation, and he handles the CGI setpieces masterfully.

80
The New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Consistently smart and delicate as a spider web, Bridge to Terabithia is the kind of children’s movie rarely seen nowadays. And at a time when many public schools are being forced to cut music and art from the curriculum, the story’s insistence on the healing power of a nurtured imagination is both welcome and essential.

80
Empire
Angie Errigo
A thoroughly pleasing family film with fine performances and honest, affecting real situations mixed with joyful adventure.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
When the special effects aren’t getting in the way, the kids’ imaginary scenes have a hazy, shimmering quality, as if the potential of a long afternoon with no homework could be measured in waves.

75
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
Parents should be warned that the novel ventures into some emotionally dark territory that could be upsetting to very young or sensitive children, and might want to consider reading and discussing the book together before seeing the film.

75
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Csupo needed two very gifted leads to do this beloved story justice, and found them in AnnaSophia Robb and Josh Hutcherson.

75
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Has buckets of gentle sincerity. Since there aren't any dumb jokes or hip visuals, it's easy to get caught up in the simple messages: Be good to your sister, don't be a bully, use your imagination in a pinch.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Elaborately mounted, expensively produced and filmed with style and empathy, it's an adaptation of Paterson's Newbery Medal-winning book that manages to expand the original vision, yet preserve much of its intense emotion.

75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
There's a persistent innocence to this movie that will work wonders on all but the most churlish.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
It's like an After-School Special version of "Pan's Labyrinth ," and I actually mean that as a compliment.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Bridge to Terabithia the movie, like the book, is buckets-of-tears sad. Director Csupo and company manage to get that - the simple power of a story about kindred souls, about loss, about the limitless possibilities of a lively mind - just right.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
Bridge to Terabithia is a good movie, but it could become truly great with a director's cut that leaves the fantastic elements a little more vague.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jennie Punter
Both a cathartic and a creative family entertainment.

75
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
[Csupo's] take on Bridge to Terabithia doesn't pander or misrepresent, but instead illustrates the power of open-mindedness in both its forms: creativity and acceptance.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
The two young actors -- Hutcherson and Robb -- are terrific and unpretentious.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
The fantasy-adventure incorporates the novel's magical and emotional elements without overplaying either -- a balance that hasn't always proven easy to maintain in the world of kid-lit adaptation.

70
Variety
Justin Chang
Some literal-minded attempts at magical realism are redeemed by the film's emotional texture, winning chemistry between the tyke leads and scrupulous adherence to a childlike point of view.

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
This family feature from the Christian production company Walden Media is something of a disappointment after its excellent "Holes" and "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
For a movie about the power of imagination, Bridge to Terabithia is not as clever as you would hope.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling
The movie -- which never decides if it's a fantasy or coming-of-age story -- spends a lot of time away from Terabithia; that also leaches out the wonder. The boy seems more excited that Zooey Deschanel is his hottie music teacher than he is to see tree men in the forest.

50
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Though the first-time director, Gabor Csupo, has achieved distinction as an animation artist, he lacks experience directing actors. The best adult performance in the film is that of Zooey Deschanel; she comes off -- again, agreeably -- as self-directed.

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