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The BFG

Play trailer Poster for The BFG 1989,  1h 27m,  Kids & Family/ Fantasy/ Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 2 Reviews Tomatometer 65% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 2 Reviews 65% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
An orphan (Amanda Root) joins a friendly giant (David Jason) in a fight against evil ones who have a taste for children.

Critics Reviews

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Heather Boerner Common Sense Media Oct 14, 2010
3/5
A giant tale of imagination with a dark side. Go to Full Review
David Cornelius DVDTalk.com Aug 8, 2006
2.5/5
The movie is slight and unimpressive, decent enough to charm young viewers, but too rough in spots to wow the way the better Dahl-based films have. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Anakin G Dec 30, 2018 the best ever animated movie
Draco G Nov 4, 2017 A decent adaptation of the book.
Hermione P Jan 18, 2015 Terrible boring kids animated movie . For some reason this book can't become a movie and succeed. I like the animation in this movie but the dialogue is cheesy bit sad at the same time but it's still way way better than the Disney adaptation. I like the bfgs character and how he talks but at the same time his cheesiness is still there but thats how he's supposed to act like. The monsters look weird, I can't forget about that and it would be creepy . Good story but only as a book , I don't know what but something about this movie doesn't click as a movie to me. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Brian Cosgrove

Director

David Jason

The BFG

Amanda Root

Sophie

Angela Thorne

Queen of England

Ballard Berkeley

Head of the Army

Michael Knowles

Head of the Air Force

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The BFG

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Movie Info

Synopsis An orphan (Amanda Root) joins a friendly giant (David Jason) in a fight against evil ones who have a taste for children.
Director
Brian Cosgrove
Producer
Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall
Screenwriter
John Hambley
Production Co
Cannon Films
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2016
Runtime
1h 27m
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