James and the Giant Peach

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James and the Giant Peach (1996)

PG 04/12/1996 (US) Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy 1h 19m

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Adventures this big don't grow on trees.

Overview

When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.

Henry Selick

Director
Roald Dahl

Novel
Jonathan Roberts

Screenplay
Steve Bloom

Screenplay
Karey Kirkpatrick

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Paul Terry

James Henry Trotter
Miriam Margolyes

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Joanna Lumley

Aunt Spiker
Pete Postlethwaite

The Magic Man
Simon Callow

Grasshopper (voice)
Richard Dreyfuss

Centipede (voice)
Jane Leeves

Ladybug (voice)
Susan Sarandon

Miss Spider (voice)
David Thewlis

Earthworm (voice)
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A review by r96sk

70%

Written by r96sk on July 13, 2022

A little light on story, though that stop-motion animation is noice.

At just under 1hr 20mins, 'James and the Giant Peach is simply a pleasant to watch flick with a sweet story and excellent animation. Miriam Margolyes and Joanna Lumley as the aunts is great casting, while the voice cast all perform well.

I like it enough, even with the ineffective singing bits. Overall, this 1996 release is, in my opinion, nothing great but nothing bad either.

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