The BFG

2016

Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy

355
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57% · 308 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 98647 98.6K

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Plot summary

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

Director

Steven Spielberg Photo
Steven Spielberg

Top cast

Michael Adamthwaite Photo
Michael Adamthwaite as Butcher Boy / Danish Driver
Rebecca Hall Photo
Rebecca Hall as Mary
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Photo
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Maidmasher / Cook
Ruby Barnhill Photo
Ruby Barnhill as Sophie
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864.78 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 57 min
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1.78 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
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1 hr 57 min
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1 hr 57 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by debolt 7 / 10

Not completely magical, but sweet and very entertaining

The bar has been set so high for Spielberg movies that anything less than Oscar-level quality is often seen as a failure. However, to judge the BFG along those lines would be a great disservice to a movie that has a great many merits, particularly as a family film. Shed of much of the darkness of Roald Dahl's source material, Spielberg breathes a healthy dose of his magic into The BFG, though it never reaches to the greatness of ET. Spielberg, however, does get some very strong performances from Mark Rylance as the title character and newcomer Ruby Barnhill as the young orphan who befriends the giant. The real star of the movie is probably the spot-on motion capture that brings the giants to life. If you're expecting a groundbreaking film like Raiders of the Lost Ark or a crisply directed work like Catch Me If You Can, you're in the wrong movie. But if you have room for close to two hours (which might be a tad overlong) of sweet, touching fun, you should absolutely consider The BFG.
Reviewed by nielw 7 / 10

Impossible to adapt this amazing book to film

I loved this book as a child. I still fondly remember it and often recall it as one of my favorites. I was excited to see this big-budget Spielberg-helmed film adaptation of one of my favorite childhood experiences. Unfortunately, some things are better left to the imagination.I think this book is just impossible to properly adapt to film. It's not Spielberg's fault that the source material works best in the head of the reader rather than on the big screen. I honestly believe Spielberg did an amazing job with what he was given, but unfortunately some of Roald Dahl's tone was lost in translation to the big screen format.Not sure if this will ever be properly adapted. If Spielberg can't do it, then who can?
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