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Dir: Gabor Csupo.
Cast: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Tyler Atfield, Erin Annis
Description: Sixth grade student Jess Aarons is bullied at school and retreats into the private world of his art. His one and only friend is the new girl, Leslie, who has a talent for storytelling. Together, they create the fantasy kingdom of Terabithia, where they are able to become heroes in their mind's eye. However, even in their imagination, Jess and Leslie are not completely safe from the dangers of the outside world.
Country: US. 2007. 95mins
Off to a secret kingdom: Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb
Here's an old-fashioned children's film that should suit the once huge family audience very well. Taken from Katherine Paterson's worldwide success, its keynote is charm rather than sentimentality, along with an imaginative description of childhood that never allows the many special effects to swamp the character drawing.
Our hero is Jess (the excellent Josh Hutcherson), an outsider at school whose one friend, Leslie (AnnaSophia Robb), creates for him the secret kingdom of Terabithia, only accessible by swinging on an old rope over a stream near their homes.
There they fight the Dark Master and his creatures, which include squirrels in battle armour and trees that walk, and plot against the bullies in the only school of their rural country town.
In the novel, Leslie makes reference to the fictional world of Narnia and the film has about it some of the fantasy of the CS Lewis's Chronicles - thankfully, with that book's semi-religious connotations left out.
It merely suggests that friendship can surmount many of the problems of childhood and that fantasy can sometimes put the real world into perspective.
Among the best scenes are those which show how beastly kids can be to each other when the mood takes them, and how slow adults often are to recognise that fact.
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This movie was very disappointing. It has nothing to do with the preview, which was very promising. I did not like the fact that religion was brought into that film, even though it may have been in the book!
- Laurence, France
Great movie 10/10, but this is not fantasy, it's imagination. Bring a box of tissues when you watch this!
- Gemma, England
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