Charlotte's Web

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Charlotte's Web

G

Released Dec 15, 2006

1h 38m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Drama

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After learning that a young pig's days are numbered, a literate spider (Julia Roberts) weaves an elaborate plan to save her friend from the butcher's block.

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Critics Consensus

Kids will be entertained by the straightforward plot and cute animals, and adults will be charmed by how quiet and humble the production is, a fine translation of E.B. White's genteel prose.

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Hank Sartin

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

If you can identify all the voices before the credits roll up, you are a better man than I.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 9, 2007

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

This film does what all children's films should do: not just offer lots of entertaining things to look at, but teach children how to look at the world with curiosity, attentiveness and joy.

Feb 9, 2007

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The kind of warm and fuzzy, non-distracting family film that Hollywood hardly touches anymore.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 5, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Despite a stellar cast, including the incomparable Dakota Fanning as Fern, director Gary Winick disappoints to the point of almost tarnishing the joy of childhood memories.

Nov 7, 2019

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Joel Siegel

Good Morning America

Charlotte's Web is absolutely one of the best films of the year.

Jan 5, 2018

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Kelly H

Went back to an old faithful after a disaster start to family movie night. Nothing like a classic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Miracle G

I LOVEEEE ITTTT AAAAA

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/24

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Zack H

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great movie

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/27/24

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Massimo 2

capolavoro che ha segnato l'infanzia di molti

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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Leticia q

This is a best piggy movie ever I wanna see it🤣🤣

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/11/23

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Omote S

This film is similar to Babe, but the brilliant adaptation of the original and the literary and intelligent story that even children will enjoy will make you less confident that Babe is clearly the better film. Fern (Dakota Fanning) rescues a baby pig that is about to be killed by its father. The pig, whom she names Wilbur, is eventually sold to a nearby farmer. Wilbur makes friends with Charlotte, a spider who is not well-liked by the other animals in the farmhouse. Wilbur is born in the spring and has a goal of seeing snow. However, spring-born pigs are roasted as pork and turned into sausage or ham by winter. This makes it difficult for spring-born pigs to see the snow. In order for Wilbur to see the snow and not become a sausage, Charlotte spells out a message on her nest. "Some Pig." Eleven years before this there was a film about an Australian pig called Babe. This film is not as critically acclaimed as Babe, but it is a better story than Babe on some fronts, a beautifully crafted adaptation of E.B. White's children's book for children and adults alike, with some intelligent and sensitive remnants of children's literature in the film. Babe excels in many areas, but if you look at the story alone, perhaps this film is better. The animals are vividly portrayed, and the friendship between a pig and a spider is delicately and wonderfully portrayed. It is nothing short of wonderful.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Gary Winick

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Julia Roberts

Charlotte

Dakota Fanning

Fern

Steve Buscemi

Templeton

John Cleese

Samuel

Oprah Winfrey

Gussy

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - He Really is Some Pig

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - Charlotte's Web

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - The Yolks On Me

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - The Rat Rules!

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - Fun at The Fair

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - Fern Saves Wilbur

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - Wilbur Plays in the Mud

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - Magnum Opus

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - Wilbur Meets Charlotte

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Charlotte's Web: Official Clip - Think About That Corn

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Synopsis

After learning that a young pig's days are numbered, a literate spider (Julia Roberts) weaves an elaborate plan to save her friend from the butcher's block.

Director: Gary Winick
Producer: Jordan Kerner
Screenwriter: Karey Kirkpatrick, Susannah Grant
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures, Walden Media, Kerner Entertainment
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 15, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $82.5M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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