Bridge to Terabithia [Blu-ray]

My daughter asked for this movie for Easter. She actually asked for the DVD which shocked because Im so used to just renting or buying digital versions of movies. She loved this movie so much she said she wanted it physically in her hands. Its a nice movie for anyone in your family. It stars Josh Hutcherson of The Hunger games and AnnaSophia Robb of televisions The Carrie Diaries. Both actors are a bit young, as this movie is seven years old. The movies theme is one of friendship, imagination and loss. It made me cry my eyes out but my daughter loves it. She has watched it three times since it arrived. Im really glad we ordered this and in co inclusion its a great family movie but might be a bit sad for younger children or older mommies :)

Im glad to own this movie.

Id say this is good for around 9 years old and up. I love the story for capturing youth and imagination and refreshingly breaking the hollywood formula a bit... But while worthwhile in the end and making for a most excellent story arc, this could be a bit shocking to younger or more sheltered kids. Will engage adults too, though. I was just starting to doze off during this another kids movie when BAM i was back and awake...

My children read this book in school and had to do a report on it. They watched the movie before the final paper was due and enjoyed it for the 3rd time. It makes me cry everytime at the end. It is a powerful movie and good for the kids to experience what it is like to lose someone you love. Death is a part of life and I feel like this was handled well in the movie.

I watched this movie for the first time last weekend with my 10 year old granddaughter (my wife had read the book and had seen the movie years before but had never brought it into the family). She is going into a new school and the first assignment was to read the book...500 pages in one week. She was somewhat stressed. The movie helped get her calm and remembering keys themes. Key themes were solid and perfectly understood by her: friendship, love, sacrifice, grief. Now in my family imagination is paramount. With an imagination one can solve any problem; with imagination one can dream dreams. Imagination is vital to the human condition, and we make sure that our children and grandchildren are well equipped with it. This story also comes so close to my own childhood beginning with the building of the tree house and then the bridge. Even the rope was over our swimming hole and with each year got closer to the water. I would put this movie along with our favorites: The Never Ending Story, Willi Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Princess Bride. All are must haves; and all should be revisited annually. This will compliment our collection.

Really wanted to like this more. Growing up I had some friends who called our secret clubhouse-by-the-highway Terabithia, and it was years before I learned of the book and heard Theyd adapted it. The film is decent in execution, but I think the story just doesnt lend itself to the medium nearly as well as it does to literature. No mysterious lack of decent performances or hackneyed performers trying to reinvigorate their career with a film on controversial subject matter. Its all at least acceptable. It just never really clicked into place properly for me.

The book is awesome, and the movie is a fun way to reward kids who have read the whole thing. The only thing is that you will probably need a permission slip if youre doing this at school since its PG. The reason its PG is that it touches on the mature topic of death and bullying; theres nothing inappropriate, unless your little ones think the fantasy stuff is scary. When I taught the book, most of my kids had already seen the movie, since it is a modern film. The thing about Terabithia is that its a place the boy and girl made up, and all the CG fantasy stuff is a visualization of what the kids are imagining. If you see the movie before reading the book, you miss that part. It is advertised as a fantasy like Narnia, but all the fantasy is what the kids imagine. If you look at the bad reviews, you just see people who didnt like the sad ending, or who were expecting more fantasy. Obviously they didnt read the book. Keep in mind that originally the book was written in the 70s, when life was very different. The movie does a pretty good job of *showing* you e book, but they do change a few things, including the setting. It has a very sad ending, the same as the book, so make sure your kids can handle death being a theme. I would have given it five stars if it had stuck more closely to the book, but overall I understand why they changed a few things. To summarize the plot, the little boy hates his life, then he meets the girl, who is new to the school. They get bullied at school so they find a little hide-out in the first and imagine all this fantasy stuff; its not literally there, and the CD graphics are just to show you what they imagine. They go to Terabithia several times, and the story shows you the boys sad life, and how he finds a few positive things to help him get through it. I wont tell you exactly how it ends, but it *is* sad, so dont show this to little ones expecting a feel-good happy ending. You should probably talk to your kids, in fact, about issues like death and bullying. This is reality, and we need to face it. Plus, read the book first, because it has so much more to offer. Just remember, the setting is the 70s in the book.

Movie was great

The trailer did not do this movie justice. It didnt show what the movie is really about which is friendship. Its an amazing adventure about the power of imagination. Not nearly as otherworldly, but more grounded which actually makes it better that what youre expecting. There are not enough words to say how awesome I thought this movie was.

I rented this movie I never bought it but okay I’ll review it I guess ?? A great movie, different than I remember from when I watched it when it first came out.. sad ofc and imaginative. Will watch again when in need of a good cry jk lmaoo