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The BFG
2016
· Movie
· 117 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3418
- IMDb #3914
- Google retired #1432
- Rotten Tomatoes #2766
- Metacritic #2588
- Letterboxd #4607
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2442
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3586
- Metacritic Critics #1793
- Metacritic Audience #3785
- Criticker #2317
- Douban #1918
- Kinopoisk #4686
- AlloCiné #3147
- Trakt #2909
Every rating
43–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 43, highest is Google on 88.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young orphan girl living in London is whisked away to Giant Country by a benevolent, big-eared giant known as the BFG. Unlike his fearsome, man-eating counterparts, he subsists on a disgusting vegetable and collects dreams. The two form a friendship and hatch a plan to stop the other giants from terrorizing the human world.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writer
- Melissa Mathison
- Based on
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- Released
- 1 June 2016
- Country
- India, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $140.0M
- Box office
- $195.2M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Annie Awards 2017 | Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production | Claude Schitter, Benjaman Folkman, Gary Boyle, David Caeiro and Luke Millar | Nominee |
| London Film Critics' Circle 2017 | Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | Ruby Barnhill | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2017 | Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2017 | Best Visual Effects | The BFG | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2017 | Best Music | John Williams | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2017 | Best Editing | Michael Kahn | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 2017 | Best Production Design | Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg | Winner |
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Saturn Awards
10 nominations, 2 won
| Best Editing | Michael Kahn | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg | Winner |
| Best Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Joanna Johnston | Nominee |
| Best Director | Steven Spielberg | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Film | The BFG | Nominee |
| Best Music | John Williams | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Ruby Barnhill | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Joe Letteri and Joel Whist | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Melissa Mathison | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Motion Capture Performance | Mark Rylance | Winner |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Score | John Williams | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | The BFG | Nominee |
Annie Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production | Claude Schitter, Benjaman Folkman, Gary Boyle, David Caeiro and Luke Millar | Nominee |
British Academy Children's Awards
1 nomination
| BAFTA Kids' Vote | The BFG | Nominee |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Mark Rylance | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | Ruby Barnhill | Nominee |
Women Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Animated Female | The BFG | Nominee |
World Soundtrack Awards
1 nomination
| Film Composer of the Year | John Williams (also for Star Wars: The Force Awakens ) | Nominee |