Bridge to Terabithia (Gabor Csupo, 2007)

Like the recent remake of Charlotte's web, this book to screen adaptation fell a bit flat for me. The development of the main characters, Jesse (Josh Hutcherson) and Leslie (Anna Sophia Robb), was a bit weak. I think their relationship could have been developed a bit more, particularly through their romps in Terabithia; however, we never get a full sense of their fantastical adventures until the very end of the movie when Jesse builds the bridge and brings his sister, May Belle (Bailee Madison) over to the land to play. While billed as an adventure akin to the Chronicles of Narnia, this film certainly falls short and any true glimpses of the magical land until the very end.