![]() Voiced by Oscar-winner Mark Rylance ( Bridge of Spies), this giant talks in nonsensical words, but he calms down her fears by claiming himself to be a friendly vegetarian giant who doesn’t eat kids like his giant brethren. The image of a giant hand reaching in a window to snatch this girl out of her bed is quite striking, but this giant then starts running away, taking this girl to “Giant Country,” hiding in the background whenever he might be spotted. The BFG delves more into the fantasy realm than those other films, beginning with a little girl (whose name, Sophie, we won’t learn for an hour) roaming around her orphanage at three in the morning, when she spots a giant outside the bedroom window. The Extraterrestrial, or even The Goonies. This time, it’s filmmaker Steven Spielberg who makes his return to family-friendly fare with a movie that begins with the Amblin Entertainment logo, giving one hope this may be in the vein of E.T. ![]() It stands for “Big friendly giant” and it’s the star of the latest Roald Dahl adaptation, following on the heels of Tim Burton tackling Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Wes Anderson’s The Fantastic Mr. ![]() Before we get into this review, you may already be wondering what a “BFG” is. ![]()
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