James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach
    1996

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Paul TerryJames Henry Trotter
    • Miriam MargolyesAunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
    • Joanna LumleyAunt Spiker
    • Pete PostlethwaiteThe Magic Man
    • Simon CallowGrasshopper (voice)
    • Richard DreyfussCentipede (voice)
    • Jane LeevesLadybug (voice)
    • Susan SarandonMiss Spider (voice)
    • David ThewlisEarthworm (voice)
    • Steven CulpJames' Father

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Washington Post

      The latest in an impressive string of first-rate movies for kids.
    • 100

      Variety

      All in all, James and the Giant Peach is an extraordinary achievement.
    • 90

      Washington Post

      Imaginative, slightly creepy, but tremendously appealing to all ages. It's ripe to bursting with visual effects a heady combination of stop-motion and computer-generated imagery. And it has a delightful cast of personable bugs and larvae, all bound for New York City via floating fruit.
    • 90

      Time Out

      Despite a lightness of plot, it most beautifully captures the book's free-floating, fantastic sense of adventure and wonder.
    • 80

      Empire

      The vocal cast are great fun, and the animation is smooth and vibrant. Except for a few treacly songs, this is great entertainment for all.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      It will, I think, entertain kids for whom stop-motion animation is the last thing they're thinking about.
    • 75

      ReelViews

      Obviously, the primary reason to see James and the Giant Peach is for its visual splendor.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      If only they’d trusted it more, they might have made a marvelous kids’ film instead of a merely charming one.

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