Well, my five year-old girl was riveted.
As soon as she got home, she started drawing Terabithia pictures. Later this week, we’re going to go to a local park and search for Terabithia.
Ahhh, kids. 
Oh, that’s great! What did you think of it? Did she have any questions or concerns about That Which Is Mentioned In The OP?
I missed it… I promised my brother that I would see Ghost Rider with him, so Sophie saw it with her mother.
She cried when the girl died, but it’s not as if Sophie has never been exposed to characters dying - this previous weekend we saw
The Iron Giant
which also had a major character dying at the end.
She’s a little fascinated with the concept of “death” right now, obviously she’s trying to work out the implications. We talk to her about it, of course, but she’s the sort who wants to reason it out for herself.
Ummm…I think you may need to edit and put the appropriate sentence in the spoiler box please.
I had to read it somewhere between Grades 4-6, IIRC. This was around 1996.
I saw we had it in the store where I work so I bought it & read it this morning.
Yeah, this 44yo fat man was crying a little at the end.
My SIL took my young nieces along with an adult friend and her young kids. The kids begged them to see the movie because of the commercials which highlighted these fantastic creatures in this fantasy world. They were expecting a “Narnia” type movie. According to my SIL the movie was somewhat depressing with mostly talk and with just a short peak at the fantasy world that the kids were so looking forward to. The two adults cried when the girl dies, while the kids just sat there and shifted around their popcorn like they did for most of the movie. When the credits started rolling, the kids immediately suggested that they be allowed to watch a fun and entertaining movie!
My husband brought back his old copy of the book from his parents’ house this past weekend. It only took a couple hours to read. I’m 32 and I’m glad I was home alone so I could be a sobbing mess all by myself. I hate to do the streaming snot threads thing with an audience.
I took my daughter and her best friend to see it. Movie got both of them teared up. They loved it though.
I’ve never heard of the book–I was 17 when it came out.
Anyway, I saw the movie yesterday, and…wow, that was beautiful. Involving and moving.
I especially like the way that characters like the dad, May Belle, Mrs. Myers, Janice, and even the bus driver were given a chance to open up and show the audience that there was more to them than we thought.
Robert Patrick’s performance was so good, he had me thinking of my own dad. All the young actors were good, and Bailee Madison as May Belle practically stole the movie, she was so natural.
The story is a wonderful depiction of family and friendship, love and pain, and the power of imagination.
I went to see it with my family and my sister’s family yesterday (I think it’s only just been released in cinemas in the UK - certainly it’s only just started being advertised).
We were all expecting, based on the TV trailer, a Narnia/NeverEnding Story-type dual-worlds fantasy adventure - that’s exactly what the trailer promotes it as (even to the extent of saying “from the people who brought you Narnia”). Needless to say, we were disappointed. I don’t honestly know if it was a good movie, because the sense of being tricked into seeing it in this way vastly overshadows my experience of the whole thing.
I’m surprised they repeated that ad campaign (which the author, screenwriter & directors hated) after the backlash in America. I think it was a moderate success here
but there were a lot of complaints about the misleading trailers.
As it was, I loved the movie but I read the book & about the movie before going.