Fresh
Bridge to Terabithia is not only faithful to the novel but also stands to become a beloved family movie.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
Bridge to Terabithia
Discover a place that will never leave you, and a friendship that will change you forever.
2007 · 1h 35m · PG
Adventure, Drama, Family
Directed by
Gábor Csupó
Overview
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.
Director and cast
- Gábor Csupó Director
- Josh Hutcherson as Jess Aarons
- AnnaSophia Robb as Leslie Burke
- Zooey Deschanel as Ms. Edmunds
- Robert Patrick as Jack Aarons
- Bailee Madison as May Belle Aarons
- Kate Butler as Mary Aarons
- Devon Wood as Brenda Aarons
- Emma Fenton as Ellie Aarons
- Grace Brannigan as Joyce Aarons
- Latham Gaines as Bill Burke
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This screen adaptation of Katherine Paterson's now-classic novel for young readers tells its story with agreeable simplicity in between computer-generated monsters.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
The special effects suggest a Narnia-like romp, but the movie has a darker, more sorrowful landscape to explore and it does so brilliantly, with true nuance and heartfelt sincerity.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Fresh
It's the sort of movie I admire more in retrospect than I did while watching it.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
An affecting inquest into the nature of courage, mortality, grief and the healing power of faith.
Derek Adams, Time Out
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