Bridge To Terabithia (Full Screen Edition) | 
| Director: Gabor Csupo
Actors: Josh Hutcherson, Annasophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick, Bailee Madison
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  286 reviews
Sales Rank: 6943
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Full Screen, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD52370D
UPC: 786936715743
EAN: 0786936715743
ASIN: B000OYCM5I
Theatrical Release Date: February 16, 2007
Release Date: June 19, 2007
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Based on Katherine Paterson's young-adult novel and filmed in picturesque New Zealand, Bridge to Terabithia has lessons to impart about empathy and self-expression, but the tone is never heavy-handed. Jesse (sleepy-eyed Josh Hutcherson, Zathura), a fifth-grade loner, lives in the country with his parents and four sisters, including pesky May Belle (Bailee Madison), who adores him. His strict father (Robert Patrick, The Terminator 2) works in a hardware store. Money is tight and classmates make fun of his hand-me-downs, so Jesse finds refuge in running and drawing. Everything changes when two writers and their daughter Leslie (wide-eyed AnnaSophia Robb, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) move in next door. Leslie is faster than all the boys, which initially puts Jesse off, but the two soon bond over their love of make-believe. In the forest, they find a creek that can only be crossed by rope. Leslie names the land on the other side Terabithia, where they imagine themselves rulers of the kingdom. Jesse and Leslie also connect with their unconventional music teacher, Ms. Edmonds (Zooey Deschanel, Elf), who encourages their creativity. Despite the tension at home, Jesse's personal life is finally coming together when the unthinkable happens. Will he revert to his anti-social ways or will he grow from the experience? Though aimed at all ages, pre-school students may find Terebithia's creatures frightening. For grade-school kids and up, however, there's much to savor in this smartly written, sensitively acted film. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Product Description
FIFTH GRADER JESSE AARON'S HOPES OF BECOMING THE FASTEST RUNNER IN HIS CLASS ARE DASHED WHEN NEW GIRL LESLIE BURKE OUTRUNS EVERYBODY, INCLUDING HIM. HOWEVER, JESS & LESLIE SOON BEGIN A FRIENDSHIP & DISCOVER A MAGICAL FANTASY KINGDOM IN THE FOREST, WHERE THE TWO OF THEM REIGN AS KING & QUEEN.
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 Happy June 4, 2009
Kathleen Hicks (Sonora, Ca. USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The reciepient of this cd was very happy to get it for Mother's day and loves this movie very much.
 Filling a World Out of Your Own Imagination June 2, 2009
Celia Hayes (San Antonio, SA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's been a truism for decades that bright and imaginative children will create their own world, especially when the real one does not suit in the least, when distracted or uninvolved parents, quarrelsome siblings, intimidating teachers and playground bullies prove to be all too much. It's all the more tempting to build a castle in the air, and move in. This is what ten-year old pals Jesse and Leslie do, in this beautifully detailed retelling of Katherine Paterson's juvenile classic, about the power of imagination, friendship, family and loss.
Jesse (Josh Hutcherson) is one of five children and the only son in a semi-rural working-class family struggling to make ends meet. He is just beginning to explore the wonders of the artistic world, about which he initially knows very little. He is unhappy at school, despondent at home, where his harried father, played by Robert Patrick seems to want to pay more attention to his younger sister. About the only oasis in the hell of middle school for him are music classes led by Ms. Edmonds ( Zooey Deschanel), who comes in with her boxes of musical instruments every couple of days.
And then a new family moves in down the road from his school bus stop, and Jesse meets their only child, Leslie (AnnaSophia Robb) who is just as dreamy and imaginative, but slightly more confident. They are still the oddballs, among their peers, and one day they cross a stream on an old rope swing and discover their enchanted world, which Leslie names "Terabithia". They repair a ruined tree-house and people the woods with creatures of their imaginings... creatures and monsters derived from the real-life bullies and monsters of the schoolyard.
The special effects are applied delicately in this production and with a sparing hand. The creatures of Terabithia are elusive, almost half-seen out of the corner of the eye. Most of the movie takes place in the real world anyway... the world that Terabithia and the friendship they share in it empowers them to face with increasing confidence. It is what enables Jesse to cope with the hurt of Leslie's accidental death, about three-quarters of the way through the movie. The very subtle point is made that the adults in Jesse's world; his father and mother, the stern English teacher, and even Leslie's parents are not unloving and inattentive. Rather, they are inarticulate and taken up with the immediate cares of their own lives. All in all, it's a beautiful, confidently well-constructed movie, about children who seem like real children, not smutty-mouthed midgets, and the sometimes harried and all too human families they are loved by. If you are not weeping into a handful of Kleenex by the time the titles roll, ask someone send over a pint of the milk of human sympathy to your table.
The extras in this DVD release are lavish, including a set of commentaries by director Gabor Csupo, writer Jeff Stockwell, and producer Hal Lieberman, and another with the two young stars, and producer Lauren Levine. There is also a music video of the theme song "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" sung by AnnaSophia Robb. She plays a child of ten convincingly in the movie itself, but in the video can pass as an elfinly pretty woman of about sixteen. She may be the next Lindsay Lohan, but with talent. The feature "Bringing Terabithia to Life" is a fascinating close-up of the computer animation work that went into the creatures of Terabithia, not least because it allowed the viewer to actually take a closer look at them than was afforded in the movie. It also gave a good overview of the original conceptual sketches. The second feature "Behind the Book" lagged in some of the brief interviews with various fans and authorities in the genre of children's literature. I would have really wanted to see much more of the interview with the book's author, Katherine Paterson. Her insights and comments would have been several times more authoritative and worthwhile, and, should rightfully have been the major portion of this feature.
Thoughtful and touches the soul May 26, 2009
Bulldozer (San Diego, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best family films I've seen in a very long time. It was only because I was familiar with the novel that I DVR'd the film. It had been awhile since I read the novel, which was about 14 years ago when I was in the 6th grade. So I vaguely remembered the plot and ending, but that really didn't prepare me for the range of emotions I went through as I watched this film. Perhaps not having read the novel in awhile, I didn't have a overly-critical analysis of comparing the book to the film. But, regardless of how you feel about the film's accuracy, this film stands very well on its own as a coming of age tale.
AnnaSophie Robb is perfectly cast as Leslie Burke, and I'd also agree with several reviewers that she plays the sort of girl you'd wish you were best friends growing up. She and Josh Hutcherson, playing Jesse, have very good chemistry and their discussions really should dig into some thoughtful thinking for adults as well. And so when the critical scene in the film occurs, well... you really feel for the characters.
It's on that note that I challenge some of the reviewers who have criticized this film for being too mature for kids, and too juvenile and campy for adults. I'm an adult, and I really enjoyed this film. And I know I'm not alone.
I knew this film didn't focus on adventures in Terabithia, but rather using fantasy to escape a harsher reality. Thus, it didn't bother me that the CGI effects were low-rate.
The point of this review is to suggest that while there are some mature issues discussed in this film, many of the best novels for young adults involve mature issues. Harry Potter involves death and violence. Narnia involves death and very violent images. To Kill a Mocking Bird involves discrimination and rape. Parents shouldn't insulate their children from these issues by protecting them in some sort of bubble. These are the sorts of issues that children are curious about. I know when I was young, I was also deeply disturbed by the themes in the novel. But at the same time I was also curious and had endless questions. But, see that's where good parenting or mentors come in. To give perspective and to allow us to face these issues.
This movie deserves better than the 3 1/2 star rating on Amazon. If it can make me think long and hard, it should do the same for young children. And unlike Hanna Montana or whatever crap kids are watching these days, there are real, serious issues that are dealt with in this film.
 please spare your children this movie! May 11, 2009
Bianca Ramos
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just got the movie today to see with my children (9 and 6) for a special event on Mother's day. The movie promises to invite children into a fatasy story. Instead you get a MOST DEPRESSING movie about a boy and a girl being bullied around in school and the boy gets yelled at from his Dad and then all of the sudden the heroine dies!
You keep thinking this is a Walt Disney movie for children, she must come back alive or something and so we watched it to the dreadful end. When the movie ends the boy finally enters the fantasy world that we waited for for 90 long minutes. Then he smiles even though his best friend is still dead and that is it.
I cannot relate how anyone would want to see a downer like that.
magnificent and wildly inventive May 9, 2009
AIROLF (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A well-made, well-envisioned (it's based on a book) adventure family film about growing up and being a kid at the same time.
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