[Director Gabor] Csupo understands that what's really important to this story isn't the fantasy, but the reality -- he's especially shrewd at showing us how keenly Jess feels his family's money troubles.
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02/16/07
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
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Reviews Counted:139
Fresh:118
Rotten:21
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Bridge to Terabithia is a faithful adaptation of a beloved children's novel and a powerful portrayal of love, loss, and imagination through children's eyes. Dynamic visuals and natural performances further enhance the imaginative film.
Theatrical Release:Feb 16, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $82,234,139
Synopsis: Animation master Gabor Csupo directs his first live-action film in this adaptation of the novel The Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson, whose son David co-wrote the screenplay and serves... [More]
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick
Director: Gabor Csupo
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Reviews for Bridge to Terabithia
A fanciful, emotional and entertaining movie.
02/16/07
Terabithia 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.
02/16/07
Top CriticEveryone involved genuinely seems to believe in the power of imagination to enliven -- and enlighten -- the darkest realities, and that's a magic this film captures beautifully.
02/16/07
Bridge to Terabithia blew me -- and my cynicism -- away. Even though I was drawn in from the beginning, I kept waiting for Terabithia to let me down, but it never did.
02/16/07
It pulls no punches from the harder aspects of the book, particularly the central tragedy that makes Bridge to Terabithia the tremendously sad, albeit redeeming, movie it is.
02/16/07
Beloved kids' novel makes it to the big-screen unscathed, with very real childhood relationships, surreal special effects and a big weepie ending.
02/16/07
Terabithia picks up a lot of emotional punch as it rolls along, and anyone leaving the theater with a dry eye should be checked for a pulse.
02/16/07
Pan's Labyrinth for kids... such a story can be just as powerful without the gore and war.
02/16/07
Smarter and warmer than most family-friendly fare.
02/16/07
There's enough emotional truth in Bridge to Terabithia to make it a worthy addition to big-screen children's literature, if not to propel it into the realms of a childhood classic.
02/16/07
Top CriticHas inspired moments but too often feels like an extended after-school special, albeit one with good production values.
02/16/07
Through computer-generated imagery, the imagination becomes literal, and in some sense, this feels like a robbery of what lives inside the heads of children.
02/16/07
The movie contains surprisingly little CGI, instead focusing on the kids, their unique bond and the powerful life lessons that come as a result of their adventures.
02/16/07
Very Sad Things prompt Very Big Questions, and this movie is smart enough to avoid Very Easy Answers.
02/16/07
If you haven't read the book, I suggest you see the movie. It's worth the bucks.
02/16/07
Although this family flick is being sold as the second coming of The Chronicles Of Narnia or Lord Of The Ringsbe warned that advertising can be deceptive.
02/16/07
While the visual-effects team conjures up a suitably spectacular vision of Terabithia... what's most impressive about the movie is its sympathetic handling of some difficult real-world topics.
02/16/07
less of a liberal hippie preach-fest that the book was, but still needlessly depressing for a kids' movie
02/16/07
Follows in lock-step with the book and populates its titular fantasyland with CGI creatures... neither idea was very good.
02/16/07
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