Bridge to Terabithia
75

Based on the popular Newbery Award-winning novel, BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA is a fantasy/adventure story of friendship, family and the power of imagination from the producers of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Jess Aarons (JOSH HUTCHERSON) is an outsider at school and even in his own family. Jess has trained all summer to become the fastest kid in his middle school class, but his goal is unexpectedly thwarted by the new girl in school, Leslie Burke (ANNASOPHIA ROBB), who competes in the “boys only” race and wins.

Despite their awkward introduction, the two outsiders quickly become best friends. Leslie loves to tell stories of fantasy and magic. Jess loves to draw, but until he met Leslie, it was something he kept to himself. Leslie opens a new world of imagination for Jess. Together, they create the secret kingdom of Terabithia, a magical place only accessible by swinging on an old rope over a stream in the woods near their homes. There, the friends rule the kingdom, fight the Dark Master and his creatures and plot against the school bullies. Thanks to his friendship with Leslie, Jess is changed for good. Brimming with fantastical creatures, palaces and beautiful forests, the world of Terabithia is brought to life by the amazing Academy Award®-winning visual effects wizards at Weta Digital (the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “King Kong”).

People's Movie Reviews Bridge To Terabithia

Liz

I thought it was a fantastic movie, but regretted taking my six-year-old to see it. I'd also thought from the trailer and advertising that it was a fantasy movie. But he was devastated when the girl .... and protested that she shouldn't have .... because "she wasn't a bad guy". He was still crying about it hours later. As a movie, it's fantastic. But it's not a kids' movie and that should have been made clear.

Supergibbo

Man this movie was devastating. I thought bambi was the saddest movie I'd ever seen but this film takes the cake so to speak. They really set you up for an emotional hit, especially as it's a kids film. Way too sad for the kids....way too sad for the adults....just way too sad in general. And yes I agree the trailers set you up for a never ending story/labyrinth type vibe which it most definitely is not.

Matt	0
I also feel the same way, much too sad for very young children! I also agree that the movie trailers missled us into thinking it was going to be more of a fantasy story with a load of special effects. I thought the story and the messages were great for the older age group, but not for my son of 7 years old! The audience should have been given a clearer picture than was given.

Jessica

I felt that the previews were very misleading for this movie. I was expecting it to be more of a fairy tale, discovery of " another realm" of some sort... like Chronicles of Narnia or something of that nature. However the animation and fantasy seen in the previews is all that is seen in the movies. You see the best of the movie just seeing the previews. This is a story about a tragic loss of a friend, its truely tragic.... some might think its good with a lesson of valuing life and friendship. However there was a theater full of 3-6 year olds because the previews were so misleading... this was far too real, and too tragic for any small children to watch. They need to caution why the rating is PG. As others are rated PG and perfectly fine for small children -more of a caution to trolls or things of that nature but not the tragic loss of a friend . I was litterally depressed and fully regretted taking my 3 kids to see this movie. The ranged in age 6-10. WAY too sad!

Shannon

I completely agree that the previews are very misleading. My ten year old son was very upset when the girl ..... We looked at each other and I thought 'This is a Disney movie?'. You could feel the uneasiness in the crowd during the movie and some people actually got up and left after the ...... event. They advertise it like it is another Narnia movie when it is far from it. I can't believe that it is receiving so many good reviews.

Sarahboo	0
I watched this movie and thought that it was wayy too sad!!!i cried my eyes out when lelie ..... and thought if that had happend to my friend...and that made me cry even harder!!!!!!!!!!!!they could have at least made her be ....... instead of ....... !!that really made me upset!!!!

Sheek

I Yeah wow this movie was o my gosh way too sad for anyone to see, like
when i first watched it i was really bored so im like oo ill just pop this in and it will be like kinda good but then when that happend to leslie... i was like really really sad and depressed... then i was really mad about even watching the stupid movie! gahhh and like i havent been able to stop thinking about it till this day!!! like it really effected me and i dont know why but yikes that movie was not for me!

Ion	0
I rented the DVD expecting to see a movie in which two kids enter another world and instead I got a movie about feelings and dealing with death?! I feel like I'll never be able to trust Disney again. Though normally they are a fine company, this is by far the worst thing they've ever done. I sincerely hope that they are ashamed of themselves.

Lukas

100

I'm a 20 year old guy who happened to look in the TV Guide and find the film so thought 'why the hell not'. Thought it was a bit slow paced and uneasy towards the start but slowly got hooked. When tragedy struck, I found it unbelievable how realistically it was portrayed. I found it pretty sad myself so probably not best for more sensitive people. Not the saddest film in the world by far, but it's innocence, realism and tragedy made it very moving. Superb.