lkloring
This movie was all about kick-back, relax and enjoy your childhood once again. Adorable movie.
Clifton Johnson
Visually, this movie is magnificent. But it lacks magic. Dahl's stories had magic. Spielberg's classics had magic. But this film? They seemed to think that a classic tale with amazing effects and good vocal talent would somehow equal something beautiful. Unfortunately, the math does not work out...the end result is LESS than the sum of its parts. I would have better served to read the book (or watch E.T., for that matter).
oliviaherries
Hands down the absolute worst film I ever watched. Went to the theater with my 89 year old great grandma, about 2 minutes in after the trailers finished she fell asleep and didn't open her eyes until the cinema lights came back on. Honestly, she was the lucky one, my great grandma didn't have to experience the torture.The acting was so bad I wanted to cry at various points, the storyline was terrible and the characters had to force their words out of their mouths. Actors were bad, whoever produced it was bad, who ever directed it was pretty bad too. But don't ask my grandma because she had a wonderful hour and a half sleep. If only I could have too.Don't WATCH😤😴😥😰😱😖😡
strawberryfields747
It is much easier (for some people like myself) to expound on criticism than write a positive review enumerating the incredible aspects of a film. I found this so beautifully well-done on all levels that I find words hard to expand this brief synopsis. The IMDb requirements for posting do not allow anything shorter than 5 lines for submission, and so I have done my best to simply say, so much fun watching this film, engrossing and fun. Someone wrote a review claiming that Spielberg's monochrome black and white accounts of historical moral lessons in his previous films are, to put it plainly, a bore. I can't say that every Spielberg film is my favorite, but of the films that are in black and white genre, absolutely fascinating and not trite or boring or trivial or poorly done. He's one of the film masters of our era and I hope the audiences can see the charm so cleverly dispersed and intertwined with cinematic genius. Yeah Spielberg.