The BFG

First its Sweet, Then it's Silly     2/5


Visual Treat
     The CGI and world here felt right at home with the tone.



     

Rotten Tomatos 73%       Cinemascore: A-



So here is a surprise, I actually enjoyed Tarzan more than the BFG. The BFG is so sweet sometimes you can't help smiling, but that third act...wow, this movie gets really silly. There is an appeal to it and it still maintains its charm but I have to admit a movie that would have sold me on its premise and tone lost me as soon as the Queen of England came into the picture (If you've seen the movie then you know I mean that literally).

Mark Rylance is charming as the BFG, and the motion capture work is great too. The little girl in this movie Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) is really cute, even though she comes across as a little too self aware for her age sometimes. The BFG is a movie that was always entended to be for kids and families so it will please them fine, I guess I shouldn't have expected to much more then that.