Roald Dahl's The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)

This animated film complements the book, but there's no reason to recommend it otherwise. The animation is jerky, and there's a lot of panning across still background shots. The animators used flashy, blinking lights to illustrate scenes of wonder (e.g., the BFG's dream collection; the bridge to Dream Country), but to my modern eyes, this is a poor attempt to avoid spending the money to actually fill those scenes with wonder. (Budgetary constraints, probably.)The worst problem is the sound quality. The sound levels are off (I can't explain exactly how), making it difficult to understand the dialog. If you aren't familiar with the story already, you'll have a hard time following the plot because you simply can't hear what's happening. Likewise, during the two musical numbers, it's hard to understand the lyrics. (Aside: why two songs? It's not a musical, so why insert two songs? Based on the quality of those bits, I'd say it was a way to fill some time without spending much of the animation budget.)The plot differs from the book in some ways, but nothing too major.So how does it fair with the target audience? My five-year-old, who loved the BFG book, said he liked the movie even better. I noticed that he got bored and distracted during much of the movie, but that's normal for a five-year-old. He enjoyed it so much he watched it again the next day.

this movie is all animated. I wanted the moving this was like the one on Netflix with a real person in it. The colors were good either. I sent it back.

I purchased this video to use in my classroom. Every year, we read the book then watch this video to compare and contrast the two. My students love it..and so do I! One day, I brought it home to watch. My 3 year old grandson was terrified! That's when I realized that some of the scenes can be frightening for very small children, especially the scenes with the giants in them. I was so used to showing it to older children, I didn't think about how it would be perceived by a toddler. :-( It is a wonderful video and the story is great (as is everything that Roald Dahl writes)! Love this movie!

Very cute movie. I love all Roald Dahl's books and have tried to get the movies based on them as well. This one was well done, quite cute and is very reminiscent of the actual book. If you're a Dahl fan, I'd recommend giving this a watch! The cartoon style is a bit dated but you stop noticing after awhile.

This movie was purchased to show my class after reading the book. The students completed a compare and contrast exercise on the book to the movie. Most of the students stated that the BFG appeared to be much older in the movie than suggested in the book. Otherwise, the movie closed portrayed the book.

This is my favorite children's book of all time. In fact, I've read it to all 19 of the classes I've taught. It is hysterically funny, but also teaches a nice lesson about how humans treat one another as well as how we treat those that are different from us. It has led to many quality discussions with many of my classes.

I read the book "The BFG" aloud to 4th Graders. Then, we watch the movie and compare/ contrast. The students write about their favorite book part and their favorite movie part.

My grandson loved this book and the others as well

The DVD does not work as it has area Limitations, need a refund, my son is very disappointed as he cannot watch it on his birthday. DVD was his birthday present. Quality of DVD Flimsy inside case.

Didn't play on a dvd player

brilliant dvd thankyou

Good

Was no good. It is not compatible with English Dvd players so was a waste of money