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IreneAdler

This is a really wonderful and very touching movie. A beautiful story about some lovely children who happen to be outsiders and create their own marvellous world...

I cried a lot towards the end and I still have lots of positive thoughts about this movie whenever I think of it. AnnaSophia Robb was amazing.

10 years 1 month ago

Pauljt1980

I'm not a softie when it comes to films, but bloody hell I was bawling my eyes out at the end of this! And its supposed to be a kids film aswell

10 years 4 months ago

thaleya

Highly underrated. This film is poetic, inspiring and with such a tragic ending I cried my eyes out. Love it!

11 years 1 month ago

ilacziko

everything went so well i expected happy end as they growing up, coming to reality and making something special thing to the world, fuck no! I got hit my face on the floor and made me depressed, hell i hate reality....

7 years 9 months ago

timequake

If you're waiting for "bloody and disgusting trolls", of course you'll not get them, it's a movie for children. Although I also was kind of disappointed because I waited for more of imagination-becomes-real stuff, but there was only a few things.

But it is a wonderful movie to watch if you yourself have been a Leslie type of child with imagination running free, because it makes you remember your childhood, your daydreams, your own imaginative battles and kingdoms... Which makes the ending even more tragic because you feel like a part of yourself has died.
So I cried my eyes out and felt sad for a couple of hours, but I'll say that Bridge to Terabithia is definitely NOT a sucky movie - it's just more childish than expected.

10 years 8 months ago

Lohman

quote:
"I have issues with the film's trailer. It's making this film out to be another Narnia which it isn’t.

It is far greater than just another fantasy film but obviously
the film company feels that the merit of the real story wouldn't pull people into the cinema.

This film isn’t about Terabithia but the children that invent it. Such a good film for children and a classic that unfortunately will get written off as a silly fantasy film to those who just watch the trailer and judge it on that."

As for me;

"As weird as it is for me to say this about a movie,
Terabithia touched my heart like no film has ever before.
And I doubt any film will give me quite the same feeling, ever again."

11 years 8 months ago

thaisquisito

i cried so hard, so unexpected ending

11 years 8 months ago

Micaescalada

I cried like a baby :(

12 years 4 months ago

THENgng

even though it's a kids movie,I LOVE IT.

12 years 10 months ago

CinemaDump

Synopsis

Jesse Aarons (Josh Hutcherson) lives with his parents and three sisters. They're struggling to make ends meet which inevitably causes problems. For example, Jesse is forced to wear a pair of pink shoes that used to belong to one of his older sisters, causing him to be bullied by two meat heads at school. When the new, weird girl Leslie Burke (AnnaSophia Robb) beats him and every other boy in a footrace, it's just a massive slap in the face after Jesse had put in lots of time training. Things almost take a turn for the worst when he discovers that Leslie is his new neighbor. In the end though, they both become very close friends.

Review

Watching Bridge to Terabithia reminded me of why I don't like Josh Hutcherson. As a fifteen year-old, he seems to be even more devoid of a personality than he is now. I think he's improved lots since his younger days but for me personally, BtT is not his best film performance by a longshot. spoiler

AnnaSophia Robb is the best of the young cast with tons of genuine energy. At times I felt like she fell into that stereotypical "manic pixie dream girl" from rom-coms but that was mostly averted. Leslie does have a background that's developed soundly enough but it's still an unavoidable comparison. But Bailee Madison as Jesse's younger sister is too cute for words! In terms of the older cast, Robert Patrick is well casted as the gruff, strict father as is Zooey Deschanel playing the quirky music teacher.

The story of Bridge to Terabithia has some really good sentiment. It's covers a wide range of topics concerning growing up like acceptance, bullying, and friendship. Jesse and Leslie create their own imaginary world in the forest behind their homes and they learn some valuable lessons that they're able to apply to real life. spoiler

The thing is, all of the issues that Jesse faces are handled in pretty heavy handed fashion. The bullying in particular is just laughably exaggerated and simplified. I suppose I understand why it's done that way because after all, this is a movie for children. Bridge to Terbithia isn't a dumb movie by any means but it's very much for children and doesn't really translate that well for a more mature audience.

The fantastical scenes involving Terabithia are actually pretty limited but at times toe the line in terms of overusing CGI. Seven years later, the CGI isn't that great anymore and it comes off as pretty silly. In a book I can imagine that getting attacked by mutant squirrels and hairy vultures works but it doesn't work so well on the big screen.

Bridge to Terabithia doesn't get all of the coming-of-age ingredients right. It injects a pretty cool fantasy element to the mix but it's an aspect that fails as often as it succeeds. Josh Hutcherson is a deadweight but thankfully there's AnnaSophia Robb who's there to partially save the day. One thing I want to credit the makers of Bridge of Terabithia for getting right is that the scene which takes place in a Protestant church features some pretty bad hymn singing. Any Protestant church I've ever visited without a choir features a hilarious mix of awful to bad singing so I was glad that they represented that fairly.

Rating

6/10

9 years 7 months ago