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Charlotte's Web (2006)

G12/07/2006Comedy, Family, Fantasy1h 37m
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Something unexpected, unbelievable, unforgettable.

Overview

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Dakota Fanning

    Fern Arable

  2. Cast 1

    Julia Roberts

    Charlotte the Spider (voice)

  3. Cast 1

    Steve Buscemi

    Templeton the Rat (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    John Cleese

    Samuel the Sheep (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Oprah Winfrey

    Gussy the Goose (voice)

  6. Cast 1

    Cedric the Entertainer

    Golly the Goose (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    Reba McEntire

    Betsy the Cow (voice)

  8. Cast 1

    Kathy Bates

    Bitsy the Cow (voice)

  9. Cast 1

    Robert Redford

    Ike the Horse (voice)

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend for younger audiences. It's based off of a famous book, Dakota Fanning, Steve Buscemi, Julia Roberts are all charming in their own ways, but I never realized what a dud of a character Wilbur was before this. Sure, he's a happy-go-lucky guy and social trend setter, but he's a character that needs a lot of help and doesn't even really give back. The story feels like a more modern fable: there is a lesson of morality and life here, but it is a lot more subtle than I'm used to fables being. Of course this has a cooked in version o...