The BFG

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The BFG

PG

2016

1h 55m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Adventure

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Ten-year-old Sophie is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the Big Friendly Giant. Naturally scared at first, the young girl soon realizes that the 24-foot behemoth is actually quite gentle and charming. As their friendship grows, Sophie's presence attracts the unwanted attention of Bloodbottler, Fleshlumpeater and other giants. After traveling to London, Sophie and the BFG must convince Queen Victoria to help them get rid of all the bad giants once and for all.

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Critics Consensus

The BFG minimizes the darker elements of Roald Dahl's classic in favor of a resolutely good-natured, visually stunning, and largely successful family-friendly adventure.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

Dec 30, 2016

3/5

Visually, though, the film can be gorgeous.

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Michael Koresky

Film Comment Magazine

Sep 6, 2016

When put into self-consciously cinematic form, The BFG becomes too big, too friendly, and too giant, in its rollicking gambols, patronizing slapstick, and certainly in its swelling sentimentality.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Aug 9, 2016

3/4

The BFG is a delightful fantasy, one all associated with the film should be proud of, the end result an enchanting journey of resilience and imagination the likes of which dreams are born from.

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Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

5 days ago

C

Regardless of The BFG’s big-heart, handful of winning performances and across-the-board impressive technical marksmanship, the grueling, threadbare nature of its story marks it as one of Spielberg’s least inspired and most exhausting efforts to date.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Aug 2, 2024

C

The lack of versatility really hindered this film from being anything other than mediocre...

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Ankit Ojha

Cinema Elite

Jul 25, 2024

2/5

It looks Big and Friendly, but Steven Spielberg’s newest film isn’t the cinematic Giant it could have been.

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diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 13, 2026

Uma colaboração promissora que resulta num filme frio, lento e sem alma. Apesar do bom visual, a narrativa arrasta-se e falha em transmitir a verdadeira magia.

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Jorge H

@jorge02 Jun 17, 2026

Almost 2 hours and the worst 2 hours of my life. Fart jokes are so unfunny man and it was boring too

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Deacon G

@Deaconsreviews Jun 16, 2026

I love the BFG, this movie feels like a mix of tin-tin and Percy Jackson sea of monsters. Many of the scenes in this movie make me want to eat a four course meal just based on these foods. While it definitely isn’t a "best movie of the millennium" or even something that would be celebrated for its tenth anniversary, this movie is incredibly good. I recommend for family movie nights. Also, when watching I never realized how much British people change words to be different. Like drunk being "bladdered"?! Why?

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Tyler G

@tylergross121 Nov 2, 2025

Unique, bizarre, and mostly plain boring. I can only take so much trogglehoppin' jibberish beofre I start to tune out. The pacing is way off in scenes. Skip this one.

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Will J

@willjohnston216 Aug 5, 2025

While the move is worth a watch, the BFG comes across as more of a drunk farmer than a big friendly giant. And Sophie seems more like a hot-headed karen.

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Eye C

@ECinc Jul 27, 2025

It’s a well done movie but slow and at a time boring, not the finest of Spielberg for sure.

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Synopsis

Ten-year-old Sophie is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the Big Friendly Giant. Naturally scared at first, the young girl soon realizes that the 24-foot behemoth is actually quite gentle and charming. As their friendship grows, Sophie's presence attracts the unwanted attention of Bloodbottler, Fleshlumpeater and other giants. After traveling to London, Sophie and the BFG must convince Queen Victoria to help them get rid of all the bad giants once and for all.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Frank Marshall, Sam Mercer
Screenwriter: Melissa Mathison
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Kennedy/Marshall
Rating: PG (Brief Rude Humor|Action/Peril|Some Scary Moments)
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 1, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.5M
Runtime: 1h 55m

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