I didn’t know the story of The BFG before watching the film last week, but I knew it was based on a book aimed at children (written by Roald Dahl). So it makes sense that this Steven Spielberg’s adaptation is clearly for children and I have found a little too childish.

In London, we meet an orphaned girl named Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) who, during the night, sees a giant walking outside. He kidnaps her and takes her to “Giantland”. There, they become friends and Sophie wants to defend him from the other giants. Since he doesn’t have a proper name, she calls him Big Friendly Giant (“BFG”) (Mark Rylance).

The visual effects are really stunning, especially in the scene where Sophie and BFG are “dream catching” (he catches dreams for a living). In fact, the whole movie is visually breathtaking. Another point that caught my attention was the soundtrack, composed by John Williams, one of the greatest composers of film. The music is really beautiful and it guides through all of Sophie and BFG’s adventures.

The script, as I mentioned, didn’t excite me that much, but should delight children. I liked the third act the most, when we see the interior of Buckingham Palace and the Queen Elizabeth II (Penelope Wilton) in hilarious situations.

Many have compared this film to E.T. – The extraterrestrial, and I can see the similarities. But E.T. delighted me more – maybe precisely because I was a kid when I saw it…

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