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Movie Overview
Cast
• Josh Hutcherson
• AnnaSophia Robb
• Zooey Deschanel
Director
• Gabor Csupo
MPAA Rating
PG - For thematic elements including bullying, some peril and mild language
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

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OFCS Rating: 76% Fresh
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"Bridge to Terabithia is no Wizard of Oz. It's more like Pan's Labyrinth lite -- and there's nothing wrong with that."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

A-
"You take your kids to Night at the Museum or Charlotte's Web, and you've employed a temporary babysitter. Roll them over to Bridge to Terabithia and you'll feed their minds with a rich tapestry of emotional investment."  OhmyNews.com  Brian Orndorf

2/5
"Cheap and ordinary. This isn't art, it's product."  Filmcritic.com  Chris Barsanti

C
"Haphazardly adapted from Katherine Paterson's popular 1977 coming-of-age children's book, "Bridge to Terabithia" is a problematic movie held together by its charming child actors."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

1/5
"This is a horrible little movie, stupid and clunky and obnoxious through and through."  eFilmCritic.com  David Cornelius

C+
"Follows in lock-step with the book and populates its titular fantasyland with CGI creatures... neither idea was very good."  EDGE Boston  David Foucher

2.5/4
"...there's a third-act twist that brings some much-needed gravity to the proceedings."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

B
"Pleasing magical coming-of-age kidpic."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

7/10
"daleko od eskapizma"  Index.hr  Dragan Antulov

4/4
"Enchanting, transcendent and profoundly moving, Bridge to Terabithia is a masterpiece."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

2.5/4
"Bridge to Terabithia is a film most children should see, but it's so dully aestheticized they may not care to."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

3/5
"Una película entretenida y emotiva sobre la idea de la pérdida, el dolor, la culpa, y sobre todo de la imaginación como válvula de escape. No es el típico pasatiempo inocente que promete; es mucho más interesante que eso."  Uruguay Total  Enrique Buchichio

B
"It redeems itself by being good-natured and sincere, and by touching the viewer's heart without manhandling it."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

A-
"Stays true to Paterson's subdued, melancholy coming-of-age masterwork."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

3/4
"Csupo ushers in an exciting and emotional action-adventure product that enchants and motivates the active imagination...Terabithia radiates with engaging enthusiasm."  TheWorldJournal.com  Frank Ochieng

B-
"While a mostly sturdy adaptation of a much-loved book, it isn't quite as secure a structure as it might have been."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

5/5
"A top-drawer screen adaptation of a Newbery Award-winning novel about two children who become friends and use their imaginations to transform their everyday world."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

C+
"The film's purpose is to Christianize an ungodly book."  Cinepinion  Henry Stewart

3.5/4
"This is easily the best family feature of the early year."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

9/10
"Click here to read review"  Kinoblog.com  Jaroslav Vishtaljuk

6/10
"...from an adult's perspective, I found the film lacking in the very creativity that its story line promotes."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

2.5/5
"%u03BF%u03B9 %u03BC%u03B5%u03B3%u03B1%u03BB%u03CD%u03C4%u03B5%u03C1%u03BF%u03B9 %u03B8%u03B5%u03B1%u03C4%u03AD%u03C2 %u03B8%u03B1 %u03B2%u03C1%u03BF%u03C5%u03BD %u03C0%u03B5%u03C1%u03B9%u03C3%u03C3%u03CC%u03C4%u03B5%u03C1%u03BF %u03B5%u03BD%u03B4%u03B9%u0"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

3.5/5
"Moving and well acted, the film is a throwback to the days, back in the '60s, when Disney (one of the film's producers) made ambitious live-action family films."  Film-Forward.com  Kent Turner

3/5
"less of a liberal hippie preach-fest that the book was, but still needlessly depressing for a kids' movie"  7M Pictures  Kevin Carr

4/4
"What a wonderful, sorrowful film."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

C
"While it's admirable that Bridge to Terabithia isn't sugar-coated, more often than not it plays as miserabilism for kids."  Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema  Mark Pfeiffer

8/10
"This is a film that is by turns wonderful and heart-breaking. Do not expect a big special-effects fantasy. Fantasy and its power is just one theme among several well-presented themes."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

"Oh, devastating, devastating and lovely and bittersweet and entirely wonderful, this enchantingly old-fashioned movie..."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

B+
"Terabithia itself, only imagined on the page, is brought to life with imagination and heart. We only get glimpses, but they are tantalizing and witty, with glimmers that show us how even the most fantastical creations are grounded in our own thoughts and"  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

4/5
"A sensitive and moving teen drama about dealing with bullying, loneliness and grief."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

A
"One of the best family films in years."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B+
"A gem of a movie that is coming out at a time when we are usually saddled with Hollywood’s dregs."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

"It's a rare film that gives children an honest voice that doesn't talk down to them. Yet at the same time, there's also a solid film inside for adults to enjoy as well."  Movie Views  Ryan Cracknell

10/10
"The most heartwarming, enchanting family film since Stand By Me, October Sky and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. It's the first 'must-see' movie of 2007."  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger

2.5/4
"Any film celebrating the power of imagination is always welcome. Due to its rather pedestrian execution, however, The Bridge to Terabithia ultimately comes up short."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight

4/4
"A magical tale that doesn't become maudlin when many films of its ilk could have. A beautifully touching performance from AnnaSophia Robb"  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell

3/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito
OFCS Rating: 76% Fresh
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