Fresh
The film is a technical tour de force, featuring a wealth of inventive design ideas. But James never develops the emotional dimension that Nightmare possessed.
Dave Kehr, New York Daily News
James and the Giant Peach
Adventures this big don't grow on trees.
1996 · 1h 19m · PG
Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Henry Selick
Overview
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Director and cast
- Henry Selick Director
- Paul Terry as James
- Joanna Lumley as Aunt Spiker
- Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
- Susan Sarandon as Miss Spider (voice)
- Pete Postlethwaite as Narrator
- Richard Dreyfuss as Centipede (voice)
- Jane Leeves as Ladybug (voice)
- David Thewlis as Earthworm (voice)
- J. Stephen Coyle Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A snappy, fun adaptation that entertains young viewers without speaking down to them.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
As a tribute to the cranky genius of Dahl, it's both fond and, in the best sense, fruitful.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
This movie remembers what fun is.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
James and the Giant Peach shines with weird, whimsical invention.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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