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Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

SimonJack A children's movie, based on a children's novel, "Charlotte's Web" can be quite fun for the whole family. Mischievous boys can put toy spiders on their sister's shoulder from behind, or plop one in their laps. Or, a girl might do a finger crawl up the back of dad's head. A feather to tickle mom's ear from behind works too.Seriously, this is a move with humor for adults as well as the kids and grandkids. I laughed each time Wilbur, or Ike the horse, or another animal fainted. That must be a trick of cinematography or very fast forwarding. One second the pig is standing and listening to a conversation, then in a split second he falls over on his side.E.B. White's novel of a runt piglet and his spider friend Charlotte was published in 1952. A promo for the second animated film said that the book had sold more than 45 million copies. It was first put on film in an animated musical movie by Paramount in 1973. Joseph Barbera and William Hanna did the animation. Music and lyrics were by Richard and Robert Sherman. Some familiar and popular entertainers of the time voiced the various parts. Among them were Debbie Reynolds as Charlotte, Paul Lynde as Templeton, Henry Gibson as Wilbur and Agnes Moorhead as the goose.A 2003 animated sequel, "Wilbur's Great Adventure," was made for video release in March. Nickelodeon made it with lesser known voices. It hasn't seemed to be very popular.E.B. White is said to have disapproved of some of the scenes that were changed from his book in the first animated film. I wonder if he wouldn't have enjoyed this live-action version of his story much more. This edition has a new screenplay, and a bevy of popular voices do the animals – Julia Roberts, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Kathy Bates, Robert Redford and more. Along with Dakota Fanning as Fern, Beau Bridges as Dr. Dorian and other actors, this ensemble makes for a fun and entertaining film for the whole family.

SnoopyStyle It's the classic E.B. White children's book. Fern (Dakota Fanning) in Somerset County rescues the runt piglet, and names him Wilbur. Her parents sell Wilbur to Uncle Homer Zuckerman down the road. In the barn, Wilbur meets the various farm animals. Most importantly, he befriends Charlotte the Spider (Julia Roberts) who promises to keep Wilbur from being a spring pig that is used for food in the winter.There are a whole lot of big name voices and it's really unnecessary. Just because they are big stars, it doesn't mean they are great voice actors. It would have been better to use them for the human characters. The modern comparison is obviously Babe. That movie is gentle and heart warming. This one is less gentle and has a more edgy sensibility. The CGI animals are fine but I'm not good with the giant spider. It's very creepy and takes the magic out of the movie. It would so much better to have her be a small dot. The essentials in this movie is a heart warming message and it does deliver that.

Neil Welch You see, we ageing Englishmen whose kids have left home - well, we like our spaceships and explosions and rough tough cops, and the last thing we want is adaptations of soppy American kids' books which we haven't read (even if they do have that precocious Fanning kid in them), especially if they feature cutesy talking animals and a moralising spider voiced by Julia Roberts who is one of my least favourite actresses. What a recipe for yuck, don't watch it! OK, so I have to acknowledge that the CGI and animation were pretty good. And I have to admit that the Fanning kid was as good as usual. And I have to admit that the voice casting was spot on, with Steve Buscemi particularly well matched with his character. And I have to admit that Julia Roberts was actually very good.But there were no spaceships or explosions or rough tough cops. And it made me cry, and I wasn't expecting that.So I think, on balance, it was pretty good.

flingebunt A little pig named Wilbur is scared of being eaten by the nasty humans, so Charlotte, the spider decides to help him."But you are so small, they are huge, what can you do" says Wilbur.Charlotte solves the problem by going over to a nearby nuclear reactor and eating radioactive flies. Causing her to grow huge. She them take over the town and imprisons all the humans.Realizing this, Wilbur and the other barnyard animals uncover a secret Japanese stone which allows them to join together in Robo-barn animals. During the climatic end battle I realised that this was the sort of movie young people want to see.Charlottes web has always been the sort of story adults love and children tolerate. It contains many important themes that adults want to be able to talk to their children about. But it is put together in such a passive no-interesting package that children will never actively see such stories without the guidance of adults.So, if you are an adult, drag your kids to it and them tell them enough times how great the movie is so that they will drag their own children to see it.But afterwards go have pork ribs and then go to see the transformers movie, they will appreciate it more.