The BFG (2016)

★ 6.3 1h 57m 3,600 votes IMDb
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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.

The BFG

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Cast

Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance as The BFG Age 66 · Ashford, Kent, England, UK Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960 in Ashford, Kent, England) is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in Lond...
Ruby Barnhill
Ruby Barnhill as Sophie Age 21 · Knutsford, Cheshire, England, UK Ruby Barnhill (born 16 July 2004) is an English actress, known for playing the role of Sophie in the 2016 film adaptation of The BFG..
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Hall as Mary Age 43 · London, England, UK Rebecca Maria Hall (born May 3, 1982) is an English actress and filmmaker. She made her first onscreen appearance at age 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of The Camomile Lawn, directed by her fath...
Jemaine Clement
Jemaine Clement as Fleshlumpeater Age 52 · Wellington, New Zealand Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the...
Bill Hader
Bill Hader as Bloodbottler Age 47 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA William Thomas Hader Jr. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the creator, producer, writer, director, and star of the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–202...
Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton as The Queen Age 79 · Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK Dame Penelope Alice Wilton DBE (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She was formerly married to fellow actor Sir Ian Holm, and as she has not remarried, she retains her married style of Lady Holm...

Audience Reviews

Simon Foster May 15, 2016
"The only element of the entire production that inspires any kind of wonder is just how far from a satisfying adaptation the film proves to be..."

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Reno 6/10 Dec 04, 2016
**Little Sophie's giant adventure.**

I did not dislike it, but I thought it was not creative enough. I had seen the British animation and this one retained the same story. Of course, which was originally from the book, but nothing new other than a decent computer graphics. I liked the performance of the little girl who had played the Sophie. She was the only live character until the final stage where more joins her. So she was wonderful along with Mark Rylance's CGI role.

Straight to the point, the adventure begins right away. Sophie, the ten year old orphan girl was snatched by a giant named BFG after she witnessed him wandering on the street through her dorm room window on one midnight. Fearing she might expose the giant's existence, so he had to take her with him to his country. Then there they become very close, but a new threat arises when the other giants suspect of a human's existence in their enclosure. So fighting them, followed by a permanent solution to menace caused by them is what narrated in the rest.

It was like Peter Jackson's 'The Lovely Bones' for Steven Spielberg, I mean the films that did not work for them. I anticipated a major surge in this by the family film specialist Spielber. Because I usually love his film, tell me who won't. From children to adults, his films targets all ages. But if you had seen the old version, then you will lose half the interest. That's definitely won't be the same for the kids, they will love it. There's no harm for watching it once, so go for it.

_6/10_
Gimly 4/10 Jun 24, 2017
The animated '89 version of _The BFG_ was a staple of my youth, so naturally I was excited for a Steven Spielberg redo. Unfortunately, I don't think the tale lends itself well to the live action format. That, or the hands making this piece were unable to concentrate the narrative to where it went. In either case, the end product is a film with many tiny endearing moments of nostalgia that at no point come together to create a laudable whole.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

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