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- 2016
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
- 2016
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
Summary The BFG tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearin...
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Melissa Mathison, Roald Dahl
- 2016
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
- 2016
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
The BFG
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6.0
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Summary The BFG tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearin...
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Melissa Mathison, Roald Dahl
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 48 Critic Reviews
66
65% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
35% Mixed
17 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 48 Critic Reviews
66
65% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
35% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A gently spellbinding drama that captures the old-fashioned enchantment of Roald Dahl’s book.
This ambitious blend of live action and computer animation runs the risk of being overwhelming and sterile, but it turns out to be a pleasing and sweet-natured adventure thanks in large part to Spielberg’s big, friendly secret weapon: Mark Rylance, as the BFG himself.
User Score
Mixed or average
Based on 262 User Ratings
6.0
48% Positive
127 Ratings
127 Ratings
35% Mixed
92 Ratings
92 Ratings
16% Negative
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or average
Based on 262 User Ratings
6.0
48% Positive
127 Ratings
127 Ratings
35% Mixed
92 Ratings
92 Ratings
16% Negative
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
Watching it again, I'm struck with how much visual poetry there is. Sadly the failure of Cloud Atlas, Jupiter Rising and Valerian tells me the savvy Cultural Creative audience which supported art-ful movies in the 1980s-1990s, has not existed since about 2005 or 2010. Secondly I'm struck again at how BFG conveys a spiritual message--undoubtedly unintentionally. The Big Friendly Giant is about as good a metaphor as you are going to get thru a family-friendly movie about "God is my Partner." Indeed, it's a short step from "Big Friendly Giant" to "Big Friendly God." I don't accept this is frivolous speculation, a crucial scene is right before the final giant battle-capture, where Sophie and BFG acknowledge each other's individuality, each other's uniqueness and honor each other's choices. What more would you want from a Big Friendly God?
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Wow, another gem perhaps too heartfelt and subtle in its pleasures for critics and audiences. I agree with the user reviewer suggesting this as the best movie if 2016 so far. What none of the critics here mention is this is a movie about honor, honoring the different in another, honoring your own ability to "stretch" beyond your previous comfort zone, honoring the new and unexpected in the world and in your self.
Now, if I pitched that to a studio, do you think the movie would be green-lit? Probably not. Still this I think are the highpoints of the film, entirely in keeping with what the critics did like about this.
Not a spiritual film in any sense, it still demonstrates many positive, uplifting values. that's why I give it a ten.
It's a techno miracle for sure, likely to win the oscar for SFX. However as Harvey Weinstein says, the best special effect is actors showing you human emotions in a way you can connect with. The two leads do this way beyond any other film this year so far.
I hear critics harping on plot points when teh real pleasures of this film are heartfelt human values, chief among them, valuing and honoring another being.
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Too eccentric to be a massive box-office hit yet too mainstream for a cult following; it nevertheless deserves to be seen. Mostly, it works as a singular and slightly wobbly mash-up of two creative artists and their differing sensibilities, and it benefits greatly from the contributions of one brilliant actor and one little girl. Maybe I’m squibbling, but I think it’s pretty delumptious.
Spielberg doesn't pull heart strings as much as push the right buttons, dutiful to an undercooked story. The BFG begins like a classic fairy tale and ends with helicopters and fart jokes, a tonal dissonance that is Dahl's fault, not the film's.
Giant expectations may lead to tiny disappointments in this two-hander that’s slow in parts. But it still offers magic and visual delights, and the final act is a treat.
Nobody could fault the detail of the art department’s work here, but there is an odd sluggishness to the imagery, as if the whole film is playing a half-measure behind. This proves troublesome for any of the larger-than-life action sequences, but even more so with the comic timing.
The BFG’s sluggish pacing will test even older viewers’ attention spans. The visuals are potent, but the story is never urgent. The crux of the movie, inspiring people to dream, is a noble, beautiful thing. But not when you put them to sleep in the process.
A very good film of Steven Spielberg, an excellent director who has given us great moments in film history. Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill are fantastic, great performance, good music of John Williams, and wonderful story.
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This live-action adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel exists in a manner similar to that of the titular character at hand. It's sweet and wholesome, yet characteristically oddball and strange. And for the "BFG" film in particular, these more peculiar elements tend to come about in the latter half of things, where a very unpredictable narrative left turn ultimately leaves the audience uttering, ". . .huh?" The confusion, on the part of this audience member at least, lasts only a little while, however, with the film's charm and visual splendor eventually lulling you back into the typical Spielbergian state of genuine entertainment. It's not one of his better told stories -- namely due to the idiosyncratic stylings of Dahl doing him in, methinks -- but it still looks and feels good.
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"The BFG" stays true to it's source material. It is also well shot, well intentioned, well acted, and funny. However, the pacing is wildly uneven and flat in places.
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I understand that i am not yhe demographic for this but god this was painful to watch. Whilst a whimsical and fantastical world is created here it is filled with virtually no plot or key scenes and nothing ever really happens in it. The finale is a joke. Film is also filled with flatulance jokes and is just dull all the way through. The scene with the queen was awful to watch.
3/10
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Production Company
Walt Disney Pictures,
Amblin Entertainment,
Reliance Entertainment,
Walden Media,
The Kennedy/Marshall Company,
Dreamworks Pictures,
Location HQ
Release Date Jul 1, 2016
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating PG
Tagline From the human beings that created E.T. and the author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Matilda"
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Wins & 10 Nominations
GoldSpirit Awards
• 3 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 2 Nominations
