| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Melinda Ennis |
"Despite outstanding performances by the young leads, the film tries to fuse frivolity and fantasy with heartbreaking reality and can't bridge the gap." more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...smart enough to avoid Very Easy Answers." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Miriam Di Nunzio |
"...this delightful and sometimes dark fantasy-adventure never loses touch with reality..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...filmed with style and empathy..." more... |
B |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"Beloved kids' novel makes it to the big-screen unscathed, with very real childhood relationships, surreal special effects and a big weepie ending." more... |
B+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling |
"...never decides if it's a fantasy or coming-of-age story..." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"A great many problems with Bridge to Terabithia could have been solved by casting, and unfortunately director Gabor Csupo gets that wrong from the start." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"A tenderly executed adventure-fantasy." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...has buckets of gentle sincerity." more... |
B |
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis |
"...a thoughtful and extremely affecting story of a transformative friendship between two unusually gifted children." more... |
A |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"This is a movie about imagination and friendship, not about swords and sorcery." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...offers a lot of things you won't see in most children's movies, including honest dialogue, actions that have consequences and some truly moving moments." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"A much-loved children's novel is transferred to the big screen with loving care..." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...a serviceable translation..." more... |
B- |
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