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Home (Re) Viewing: Terabithia or bust
This week’s DVD highlight is without question, Bridge to Teribithia, one of the year’s most pleasant surprises.
The ads for Terabithia made it look like a Chronicles of Narnia knock-off, then Terabithia turned out to be much better than that movie. Terabithia is not about journeying to a mythical land, but about the fantasies kids create to escape the sometimes harrowing real world. (Tragedy does become a factor, so parents, be prepared for questions.) AnnaSophia Robb is particularly charming as the imaginative girl who envisions Terabithia. I wrote about it here, but for this space, suffice it to say it’s the best family film of the year - or at least it will be until June 29, when a certain movie about rats and French cooking comes out. (That’s a hint, folks.) GRADE: A-
We’re actually much more interesting than all this CGI.
Also out today
The Abandoned: That pretty well describes the reception this PG-13 horror thriller got. Seems the “horror lite” trend may be peaking. Heck, given the repulsed reception of Hostel: Part II, maybe “horror heavy” is peaking too.
Miss Potter: I didn’t get to see this film about the author of Peter Rabbit and other such cuddly books, but the pairing of Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor is reason enough to check it out. I thoroughly enjoyed them in the underrated romantic comedy Down with Love.
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By SRCputt
June 19, 2007 2:17 PM | Link to this
The only reason Terabithia was a surprise is because the ads were terrible. I loved the book, and anyone like me who loved the book will love the movie.