2016 · family · adventure · fantasy
The BFG (2016)
Directed by Steven Spielberg1h 57m2016
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.
Our read: The BFG (2016) (2016) reads as a cosy, steady, inventive family · adventure · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, measured family / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
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How The BFG feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a warm Spielberg family fantasy of a brave orphan girl and a kind giant.”
Skip it tonight — You want fast action or find any child-in-danger scenes too stressful even in fantasy.
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