Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Dakota FanningFern Arable
- Julia RobertsCharlotte the Spider (voice)
- Steve BuscemiTempleton the Rat (voice)
- John CleeseSamuel the Sheep (voice)
- Oprah WinfreyGussy the Goose (voice)
- Cedric the EntertainerGolly the Goose (voice)
- Reba McEntireBetsy the Cow (voice)
- Kathy BatesBitsy the Cow (voice)
- Robert RedfordIke the Horse (voice)
- Thomas Haden ChurchBrooks the Crow (voice)
Recommendations
- 100
The Hollywood Reporter
The endearingly enduring 1952 E.B. White novel about friendship and salvation, has been turned into a beautifully rendered motion picture that's full of warmth, wit and wonder. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
What hooks you from the start is Dakota Fanning's unfussy passion as Fern. - 80
The New York Times
May not be perfect, but it honors its source and captures the key elements -- the humor and good sense, as well as the sheer narrative exuberance -- that have made White’s book a classic. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Now, about the spider. Julia Roberts voices Charlotte in a way that suggests ... not much, I'm afraid. She may be a genuine movie star and can be a good actress, but her voice -- and what she does with it -- never has been one of her strengths. - 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
What results is, for a film purporting to reflect the nobility of a beloved book, the propensity to slip occasionally into the fart and belch slapstick that passes for humor in just about every present-day animated movie. It's a misstep that pulls us out of our awe for the carefully studied world the filmmakers have lovingly labored to create. - 70
Village Voice
Still, with such stellar source material, this Charlotte's Web won't disgrace your childhood memories -- or your child. - 70
Washington Post
Remember the peaceful atmosphere of bedtime storytelling? The kind that allows parent and child to take satisfaction in the story, not the teller? That's how "Charlotte" draws you into its web. - 67
The A.V. Club
This take on Charlotte's Web has its tacky side, but when dealing with a book this simply sweet and this revered--and given what was done with White's similarly gentle "Stuart Little" only a few years ago--"It could have been worse" practically counts as high praise.
