Charlotte's Web (2006)
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
- Gary Winick
- Karey Kirkpatrick
- Susannah Grant
- E.B. White
Rating: 6.209/10 by 1362 users
Alternative Title:
Charlottes tryllespind - DK
Charlotte - FR
Паутина Шарлотты - RU
La telaraña de Charlotte - AR
夏綠蒂的網 - TW
La telaraña de Carlota - ES
シャーロットのおくりもの - JP
Σάρλοτ, η αραχνούλα - GR
Sarlot, i arahnoula - GR
Sarlot, i araxnoula - GR
Sarlot i arahnoula - GR
Sarlot i araxnoula - GR
Country:
Germany
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 37 minutes
Budget: $85,000,000
Revenue: $144,000,000
Plot Keyword: rescue, friendship, hero, based on novel or book, pig, spider, barn, uncle, spring, anthropomorphism, grass, friends, survival, maine, based on children's book, family, desk, raincoat, rat, talking pig
This is a lovely film :) Julia Roberts is lovely as the eponymous character, Dakota Fanning is a delightful Fern, and Dominic Scott Kay is an adorable Wilbur- if you see the special features, he does come across as quite a shy little boy Lovely film :) <3
Decent watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend for younger audiences. It's based off of a famous book, Dakota Fanning, Steve Buscemi, Julia Roberts are all charming in their own ways, but I never realized what a dud of a character Wilbur was before this. Sure, he's a happy-go-lucky guy and social trend setter, but he's a character that needs a lot of help and doesn't even really give back. The story feels like a more modern fable: there is a lesson of morality and life here, but it is a lot more subtle than I'm used to fables being. Of course this has a cooked in version of explaining life and death to young children, but it feels like it tries to convey that a life well served, however short, is good life. This does make the movie oddly charming, but I can't say that it makes it as great as I remember the book being. Now, that may be nostalgia glasses, or maybe I have them for the this movie, but I think, in the end, it's an average movie with a good story that kids might like.
