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Ten-year-old Sophie is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance). Naturally scared at first, the young girl soon realizes that the 24-foot behemoth is actually quite gentle and charming. As their friendship grows, Sophie's presence attracts the unwanted attention of Bloodbottler, Fleshlumpeater and other giants. After traveling to London, Sophie and the BFG must convince Queen Victoria to help them get rid of all the bad giants once and for all.
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Review by: mizim (Miriam)
Dated: 18th of September, 2016
The kids saw the trailers and as with any family friendly film, they wished to see it. I remembered the bones of the book, I have fond memories of a primary school teacher reading it our class and it is a good memory to have of a cherished teacher who died the following year. So with the kids excitement and my fondness, we sat down to watch the film.
Sophie is a young 10 year old girl who lives in an orphanage, when the lights go out she stays awake and ensures everything is locked up and isn't afraid to tell the local drunks that they're being too loud. Her late nights lead her to seeing a giant who promptly gathers her up and bounds into giant land. I love how Sophie doesn't just sit there and take things as they happen, she stands up for herself and portrays a good, strong, role model. The giant is delightful, I loved the way he spoke and I liked how his centre was peace and friendship.
The special affects are well done, though there were a couple of times when meshing the giants into our world didn't seem to quite fit, but all the times of Sophie in the giants world worked wonderfully. There was a particularly lovely moment with the tree and chasing the dreams, I thought that was very well done. My 8 year old was hooked to the screen the whole time and has asked if we can get it on DVD when it comes out, having really enjoyed especially seeing the giants drink that causes huge farts. My 7 year old lost interest about half an hour from the end and ended up wanting to explore the theatre, thankfully we were the only ones there. My 5 year old was glued to the screen and liked how tree wasn't any kissing. 
This was a nice family film, it makes a nice change from movies that have love interests and simply focused on friendships.
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