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{{Infobox film
| name = The BFG
| image = The BFG poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Steven Spielberg]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
*Steven Spielberg
*[[Frank Marshall (producer)|Frank Marshall]]
*[[Sam Mercer]]
}}
| screenplay = [[Melissa Mathison]]
| based on = {{Based on|''[[The BFG]]''|[[Roald Dahl]]}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Mark Rylance]]
*[[Ruby Barnhill]]
*[[Penelope Wilton]]
*[[Jemaine Clement]]
*[[Rebecca Hall]]
*[[Rafe Spall]]
*[[Bill Hader]]
}}
| music = [[John Williams]]
| cinematography = [[Janusz Kamiński]]
| editing = [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
| production companies = {{plainlist|
*[[Walt Disney Pictures]]<ref name=screen>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-bfg-cannes-review/5103901.article|title='The BFG': Cannes Review|last=Grierson|first=Tim|work=[[Screen Daily]]|date=May 14, 2016|accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Amblin Entertainment]]
*[[Reliance Entertainment]]
*[[Walden Media]]
*[[The Kennedy/Marshall Company]]
}}
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Walt Disney Studios<br>Motion Pictures]]<!--Per [[WP:FilmDist]], do not add other distributors here. Note them in the Release section instead.-->
| released = {{Film date |2016|05|14|[[2016 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2016|07|01|United States}}<!--Per [[WP:FilmRelease]], do not add other release dates here. Note them in the Release section instead.-->
| runtime = 117 minutes<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/bfg-film | title=''The BFG'' [2D] (PG) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=June 17, 2016 | accessdate=June 18, 2016}}</ref>
| country = United States<ref name="lumiere">{{cite web |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=67843 |title=The BFG|work=[[LUMIERE]] |publisher=[[European Audiovisual Observatory]] |accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=The BFG (2016) |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/579dd9d21c56a |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref>
| language = English
| budget = $140 million<ref name="budget">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/july-fourth-box-office-few-905589/item/bfg-july-fourth-box-office-905599|title=July Fourth Box Office: Few Fireworks Expected as 'BFG,' 'Tarzan' Track Poorly|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=June 24, 2016|accessdate=June 24, 2016}}</ref>
| gross = $183.3 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bfg.htm |title=The BFG (2016) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=January 14, 2018}}</ref>
}}
'''''The BFG''''' is a 2016 American [[fantasy film|fantasy]] [[adventure film]] directed and produced by [[Steven Spielberg]], written by [[Melissa Mathison]] and based on the 1982 novel [[The BFG|of the same name]] by [[Roald Dahl]]. The film stars [[Mark Rylance]], [[Ruby Barnhill]], [[Penelope Wilton]], [[Jemaine Clement]], [[Rebecca Hall]], [[Rafe Spall]] and [[Bill Hader]]. In the film, an orphan human girl befriends a benevolent [[giant]], dubbed the "Big Friendly Giant", who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.


[[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] and [[Frank Marshall (producer)|Frank Marshall]] began development on a [[Live action|live-action]] [[Film adaptation|adaptation]] of ''The BFG'' back in the 1990s, and various screenwriters were hired to work on the screenplay in the subsequent years. [[DreamWorks]] acquired the [[Film rights|screen rights]] to Dahl's book in September 2011, and Marshall and [[Sam Mercer]] joined as producers, Mathison as screenwriter, and Kennedy as executive producer. Spielberg was announced as director in April 2014, alongside his production company [[Amblin Entertainment]] as co-producer. [[Principal photography]] commenced in March 2015, marking Spielberg's first directorial film for [[Walt Disney Pictures]], which co-financed the film.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Masters|first1=Kim|title=Steven Spielberg on DreamWorks' Past, Amblin's Present and His Own Future|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/steven-spielberg-dreamworks-past-amblins-902544|accessdate=June 27, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 15, 2016}}</ref>

''The BFG'' premiered at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] on May 14, 2016, and held its North American debut at the [[El Capitan Theater]] on June 21, 2016.<ref name=Cap/> The film was released in the United States in [[Disney Digital 3-D]], [[RealD 3D]], [[IMAX 3D]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imax.com/movies/bfg|title=The BFG|author=|date=|work=IMAX|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref> and conventional theatrical formats on July 1, 2016, the same year of Dahl's [[centennial]]. The film received generally positive reviews from critics but was a [[Box office bomb|box office disappointment]], grossing only $183 million against its $140 million budget.<ref name="Variety3Jul2016">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/steven-spielberg-bfg-box-office-flop-1201808161/|title=‘The BFG’ Flops: Has Steven Spielberg Lost His Blockbuster Touch?|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=July 3, 2016|work=Variety|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name="lowgross" /><ref name="The Hollywood Reporter">{{cite news|last1=McClintock|first1=Pamela|title=Box Office: Steven Spielberg's 'BFG' Equals Big Failed Gamble in U.S.|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-steven-spielbergs-bfg-908223|accessdate=July 10, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Variety">{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=‘Finding Dory’ Keeps Holiday Box Office Bright; ‘The BFG’ Fizzles2016|work=Variety|date=July 4, 2016}}</ref>

==Plot==
Sophie, a 10-year-old orphaned girl who lives in a [[London]] orphanage, stays awake reading through the nights due to her insomnia. At 3:00 am, or what she calls the "[[wikt:witching hour|witching hour]]", she sees an elderly [[giant]] outside her window. The giant captures her and takes her into Giant Country. There, he explains that Sophie must stay with him for the rest of her life because she saw him and must not be allowed to reveal the existence of giants. He also explains that she will put herself at risk if she goes out in the open, as nine other giants inhabit Giant Country, all of whom are maneaters and favor the taste of children.

When Sophie awakes, the Fleshlumpeater, the infantile leader of the man-eating giants (and the same one from Sophie's nightmare), enters the older giant's home and smells Sophie. The Fleshlumpeater nearly devours Sophie before exiting. The giant gives Sophie some replacement clothes, as hers are ruined, and Sophie convinces him to take her to Dream Country to catch dreams together. As they leave, they accidentally wake up the Bloodbottler, the more intelligent and cunning second-in-command to the Fleshlumpeater, who awakens the other man-eating giants. They torment and bully the friendly giant by throwing him around like a football and rolling him down a hill in a garbage truck. As the pair escape during a thunderstorm which drives the man-eating giants into the cave, the Fleshlumpeater and the Bloodbottler find Sophie's blanket (which she had dropped before) and plan to find her. Climbing up the mountain, Sophie tells the giant that he shouldn't allow the other giants to bully him.

The pair arrives in Dream Country and catch a dream each. While there, the giant reveals that his only other alias (other than "runt" which the other giants call him) is "the Big Friendly Giant" and Sophie decides to call him "BFG". The two then head to London to spread good dreams to sleeping children. As they do so, Sophie realizes that she has lost her blanket. The BFG realizes that the other man-eating giants know about her, and she wakes up outside the orphanage. He explains that the last human child he took and raised was discovered and eaten by Fleshlumpeater's group. She throws herself out of her window in the hope he will appear again to catch her, and he does.

When they return to the BFG's home, the other giants barge in and upend the place looking for Sophie, destroying much of the BFG's hard work. Sophie evades detection and the enraged BFG finally stands up to them and drives them off with a hot fire iron. While hidden, Sophie finds the home of the last human to live with the BFG before becoming a victim of Fleshlumpeater's group. She leaves his jacket on his bed and finds a portrait of [[Queen Victoria]] amongst his belongings. From this she devises a plan to forge a nightmare and give it to [[Elizabeth II]], the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen of the United Kingdom]]. The nightmare consists of giants eating the children of England, the British Army fighting the giants, and Sophie appearing on her windowsill.

They head to [[Buckingham Palace]] where upon waking from her nightmare, the Queen and her maid Mary find Sophie on the windowsill as in the nightmare with the BFG outside in the palace grounds. Sophie and the BFG inform the Queen, Mary, and Mr. Tibbs that the child-eating beasts in her dream are indeed real and must be stopped at all costs before they cause any more harm to her subjects. After a large breakfast they all enjoy, the Queen soon dispatches soldiers to Giant Country.

The BFG plans to give the man-eating giants the nightmare Sophie caught the night before, so they will be more compliant once caught. They are almost all immediately consumed by guilt, but the Fleshlumpeater awakens and intercepts the nightmare before it can affect him. Despite this, the British army's helicopters effortlessly ensnare and capture him and the other giants. They are lifted away onto an isolated uncharted island somewhere in the world where numerous snozzcumbers and a large crate of snozzcumber seeds are left with them, much to their fury.

In the aftermath, Sophie begins living in the Queen's palace with Mary while the BFG returns to Giant Country to resume giving dreams to people and begins growing a wide variety of vegetables inspired by his time in England. The film ends with Sophie narrating that whenever she feels lonely, which is less often than before, she talks to him. He can still hear her. Leaning out of her window, she says "Good Morning, BFG". At his writing desk, the BFG hears her words and smiles.

==Cast==
* [[Mark Rylance]] as the BFG, an elderly, benevolent 24&nbsp;foot (7.3 m) giant whose name is short for the "Big Friendly Giant". He is called "Runt" by the other giants.<ref name="RylanceCast" />
* [[Ruby Barnhill]] as Sophie, an orphan who befriends the BFG.<ref name="BarnhillCast" />
* [[Penelope Wilton]] as [[Queen Elizabeth II]], the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen of the United Kingdom]].<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* [[Jemaine Clement]] as the Fleshlumpeater, a 54-foot (16.5 m) giant who is the ''[[de facto]]'' leader of the man-eating giants.<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* [[Rebecca Hall]] as Mary, the Queen's maid.<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* [[Rafe Spall]] as Mr. Tibbs, the Queen's butler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/22/the-bfg-poster|title=Sophie steps on some big toes in The BFG poster|last=Dorbbush|first=Jonathon|date=January 22, 2016|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Bill Hader]] as the Bloodbottler, a disheveled 43&nbsp;foot (13.1 m) man-eating giant with cowlick hair who is the Fleshlumpeater's advisor and the most intelligent of the group.<ref name="HaderCast" />
* [[Michael Adamthwaite]] as the Butcher Boy, an overweight, immature man-eating giant who is the youngest of the group. He collects cars and wears clothes made of circus tents.<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* [[Daniel Bacon]] as the Bonecruncher, a dark-skinned, bald-headed man-eating giant.<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* Chris Gibbs as the Gizzardgulper, a burly, bearded 39&nbsp;foot (11.9 m) man-eating giant who wears a helmet and is the shortest of the group.<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* [[Adam Godley]] as the Manhugger, a very tall and slim man-eating giant who wears a vest and shorts.<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* Paul Moniz de Sa as the Meatdripper, a well-groomed man-eating giant with Mohawk hair.<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* Jonathan Holmes as the Childchewer, a balding man-eating giant who is Meatdripper's best friend.<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* [[Ólafur Darri Ólafsson]] as the Maidmasher, a small-headed man-eating giant.<ref name="disneyfinance" />
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as Mrs. Clonkers, the head of the orphanage where Sophie was living.
* Chris Shields, [[Matt Frewer]], and Geoffrey Wade as the Queen's Generals

Adamthwaite, Bacon, Gibbs, Godley, Holmes, Moniz de Sa, and Ólafsson also make cameos as minor London characters. William Samples and Ruby Barnhill's father Paul Barnhill make cameos as the palace staff members.

==Production==
===Development===
Producers [[Frank Marshall (producer)|Frank Marshall]] and [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]] began development on a live-action adaptation of ''The BFG'' in 1991, and set the project up at [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Glenn Whipp|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/frank-marshall-focuses-on-practical-1118000223|title=Frank Marshall focuses on practical|work=Variety|date=February 17, 2009|accessdate=March 18, 2015}}</ref> Husband and wife screenwriters [[Robin Swicord]] and [[Nicholas Kazan]] wrote a screenplay adaptation in 1998, with [[Robin Williams]] in negotiations for the title role.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|url=https://variety.com/1998/voices/columns/husband-vows-renewed-doc-on-saint-set-1117481695|title=‘Husband’ vows renewed; doc on saint set|work=Variety|date=October 22, 1998|accessdate=March 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-bfg-robin-williams-did-hilarious-cast-readings-as-the-big-friendly-giant-a6981826.html|last=Denham|first=Jess|title=The BFG: Robin Williams did 'hilarious' cast readings as the big friendly giant|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=13 April 2016|accessdate=19 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/12/bfg-movie-robin-williams|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|title=Robin Williams was almost The BFG's big, friendly giant|publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|date=April 12, 2016|accessdate=April 19, 2016}}</ref> Williams attended a [[read-through]], which according to Michael Siegel was "surprisingly disappointing".<ref name=VarDahl>{{cite news|last1=Setoodah|first1=Ramin|title=From ‘The BFG’ to ‘Matilda’: How 5 Roald Dahl Books Landed on the Big Screen|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/roald-dahl-movies-bfg-steven-spielberg-matilda-1201806205/|accessdate=July 8, 2016|work=Variety|date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> Williams' trademark [[improvisation]]al style clashed with the BFG's unique language.<ref name=VarDahl/> Siegel elaborates, "He was sort of improvising on the jumbled language. And it was clunky. It was strangely not working. It was harder than it looks even for Robin. It didn't quite deliver."<ref name=VarDahl/> By 2001, the script had been rewritten by Gwyn Lurie, and was greeted with positive feedback from the Dahl estate.<ref>{{cite news|author=Dana Harris|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/lurie-back-to-book-for-chocolate-pic-1117861538/|title=Lurie back to book for ‘Chocolate’ pic| date= February 27, 2002|accessdate=March 18, 2015}}</ref> [[Terry Jones]] and [[Ed Solomon]] also attempted screenplay drafts.<ref name=VarDahl/> While the screenplay lingered in [[development hell]], Paramount subsequently lost the film rights and they reverted to the Dahl estate.<ref name=VarDahl/>

In September 2011, [[DreamWorks]] acquired the film rights to the book; Kennedy and Marshall were announced to produce, with screenwriter [[Melissa Mathison]] adapting the story.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/dreamworks-picks-roald-dahl-movie-plows-ahead-39-clues-31284?page=0,0 |title=DreamWorks Is Still Buying – Picks Up Roald Dahl's 'BFG' (Exclusive) |first=Joshua L. |last=Weinstein |date=September 24, 2011 |accessdate=September 27, 2011}}</ref> Initially, [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]] was hired to direct, however, in April 2014, [[Steven Spielberg]] was announced as the director, with Madden now listed as executive producer with producer Michael Siegel.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Steven Spielberg to Direct Roald Dahl's 'The BFG,' Will Shoot Tom Hanks Thriller First|url = https://variety.com/2014/film/news/steven-spielberg-roald-dahls-the-bfg-1201164423/|accessdate = September 21, 2015|first = Justin|last = Kroll}}</ref> Kennedy had initially thought of Spielberg as director, but hesitated asking him until a more concrete screenplay was presentable.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Masters|first1=Kim|title=Steven Spielberg Reveals 'The BFG's' 20-Year Journey to Theaters|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bfg-movie-2016-steven-spielberg-902546|accessdate=June 27, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media|Prometheus Global Media, LLC]]|date=June 15, 2016}}</ref> Spielberg stated, "''The BFG'' has enchanted families and their children for more than three decades. We are honoured that the Roald Dahl estate has entrusted us with this classic story."<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27190969 "Steven Spielberg to direct BFG film from Roald Dahl book"]. BBC News. Retrieved 29 April 2014</ref> [[Walden Media]] agreed to co-produce and co-finance the film with DreamWorks and Amblin in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kilday|first1=Gregg|title=Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG' to be Co-Financed and Co-Produced by Walden Media|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielbergs-bfg-be-financed-779604|accessdate=June 27, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media|Prometheus Global Media, LLC]]|date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> A month later, [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]]—which was under prior agreement to distribute the film through its [[Touchstone Pictures]] banner—also joined the production as a co-producer and co-financier, and shifted the film from a Touchstone release to a [[Walt Disney Pictures]] production instead.<ref name="DisneyJoin">{{cite web|last=Rainey|first=James|title=Steven Spielberg Takes First Directing Turn With Walt Disney Studios|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/steven-spielberg-takes-first-directing-turn-with-walt-disney-studios-1201471319/?_r=true|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=April 13, 2015}}</ref> Consequently, ''The BFG'' is the first Disney-branded film directed by Spielberg, though he has previously produced several films for the studio.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ford|first1=Rebecca|title=Disney Joins Steven Spielberg’s 'BFG'|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-joins-steven-spielberg-s-788339|accessdate=April 14, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Breznican|first1=Anthony|title=Steven Spielberg on making The BFG his first Disney movie|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/23/steven-spielberg-bfg-disney|accessdate=June 25, 2016|website=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|date=June 23, 2016}}</ref> Additionally, DreamWorks did not receive a [[Billing (filmmaking)|marquee credit]]—placement of the studio's [[production logo]] on marketing materials, nor in the film's opening titles, and instead is represented by Amblin, although DreamWorks still serves as a copyright holder for the film.<ref name="DWcredit">{{cite news|last1=McClintock|first1=Pamela|title=Will Steven Spielberg Drop the DreamWorks Name?|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-steven-spielberg-drop-dreamworks-826201|accessdate=October 4, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rainey|first1=James|title=Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks To Reboot with $200 Million From Participant and Universal Deal|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/participant-dreamworks-universal-200-million-deal-1201658060/|accessdate=December 11, 2015|work=Variety|date=December 12, 2015}}</ref> The film is the second adaptation of the novel following [[The BFG (1989 film)|the 1989 direct-to-television animated film]].

===Casting===
[[Mark Rylance]] was cast in the film's title role in October 2014.<ref name="RylanceCast" /> Spielberg had approached Rylance with the role during filming of ''[[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Masters|first1=Tim|title=Mark Rylance: From Bridge of Spies to BFG|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34811138|accessdate=July 9, 2016|work=BBC News|date=November 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Alexander|first1=Bryan|title=New BFFs Spielberg, Rylance team up for 'The BFG' and big things beyond|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/06/26/bfg-steven-spielberg-mark-rylance/86164382/|accessdate=July 9, 2016|work=USA Today|date=June 26, 2016}}</ref> Spielberg was quoted as saying that "Mark Rylance is a transformational actor. I am excited and thrilled that Mark will be making this journey with us to Giant Country. Everything about his career so far is about making the courageous choice and I'm honoured he has chosen ''The BFG'' as his next big screen performance."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/27/mark-rylance-bfg-steven-spielberg|title=Mark Rylance to be Spielberg's BFG|work=the Guardian|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mark-rylance-starring-steven-spielbergs-744126|title=Three-Time Tony Winner Mark Rylance Nabs Lead in Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG'|author=Tatiana Siegel|date=27 October 2014|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media|Prometheus Global Media, LLC]]|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref> Rylance performed the character through [[motion capture]], a process which he referred to as "liberating".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Breznican|first1=Anthony|title=Meet Mark Rylance, the Oscar contender who's never himself unless he's someone else|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/03/mark-rylance-bridge-spies-oscar-bfg|accessdate=February 7, 2016|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|date=February 3, 2016}}</ref> In mid-November 2014, it was revealed that a ten-year-old student of [[Lower Peover]] School, [[Ruby Barnhill (actress)|Ruby Barnhill]], had auditioned for the film. She had to learn six pages of dialogue in preparation for a possible role as the orphan Sophie.<ref name="RubyAuditioning" /> After a lengthy search, on December 16, Barnhill was cast in the role, about which she said, "I feel incredibly lucky and I'm so happy." Spielberg stated that they "have discovered a wonderful Sophie in Ruby Barnhill."<ref name="BarnhillCast" /> [[Bill Hader]] was set to star in the film in an unspecified role on March 27, 2015.<ref name=HaderCast>{{cite news|last1=Ge|first1=Linda|title=Bill Hader Joining Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’|url=http://www.thewrap.com/bill-hader-joining-steven-spielbergs-the-bfg/|accessdate=March 31, 2015|publisher=[[TheWrap]]|date=March 27, 2015}}</ref> On April 13, 2015, the rest of the cast was announced, which included [[Penelope Wilton]], [[Rebecca Hall]], [[Jemaine Clement]], [[Michael Adamthwaite|Michael David Adamthwaite]], [[Daniel Bacon]], Chris Gibbs, [[Adam Godley]], Jonathan Holmes, Paul Moniz de Sa, and [[Ólafur Darri Ólafsson|Ólafur Ólafsson]].<ref name=disneyfinance>{{cite news|last1=Fleming Jr|first1=Mike|title=Disney Signs On To Co-Fi Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’|url=http://deadline.com/2015/04/disney-steven-spielberg-the-bfg-roald-dahl-1201409101/|work=[[Deadline.com|Deadline]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media, LLC]]|accessdate=April 13, 2015|date=April 13, 2015}}</ref>

===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] on the film began on March 23, 2015, in [[Vancouver]]<ref name="disneyfinance" /><ref>{{cite news|title=On the Set for 3/23/15: Ryan Reynolds Starts Shooting 'Deadpool', Chloë Grace Moretz Begins 'November Criminal' & More|url=http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-for-32315-ryan-reynolds-starts-shooting-deadpool-chloe-grace-moretz-begins-november-criminal-more/|accessdate=March 23, 2015|publisher=ssninsider.com|date=March 23, 2015}}</ref> and concluded on June 12, 2015.<ref name="From Director Steven Spielberg">{{cite web|last1=Bullock|first1=Paul|title=Frank Marshall tweets from last day of BFG shoot|url=http://fromdirectorstevenspielberg.tumblr.com/post/121427890770/the-bfg-wrapped-on-the-same-day-as-jurassic-world||website=fromdirectorstevenspielberg.tumblr.com|accessdate=June 18, 2015|date=June 13, 2015}}</ref> [[Weta Digital]] worked on the film's visual effects.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ritman|first1=Alex|title=CineEurope: Steven Spielberg Talks 'BFG' Filming|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cineeurope-steven-spielberg-talks-bfg-804202|accessdate=October 16, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> It is Mathison's final film following her death on November 4, 2015.

==Music==
[[John Williams]] composed and conducted the film's musical score, marking the twenty-seventh collaboration between Spielberg and Williams.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grieving|first1=Tim|title=John Williams on 'Force Awakens' score: 'I felt a renewed energy, and a vitality'|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-star-wars-force-awakens-music-score-john-williams-20151217-story.html|accessdate=July 11, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 18, 2016}}</ref> Williams was announced as the film's composer in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lang|first1=Brent|title=Spielberg-Hanks Cold War Film Titled ‘Bridge of Spies,’ John Williams Won’t Compose Score|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/bridge-of-spies-steven-spielberg-tom-hanks-john-williams-score-1201455424/|accessdate=July 11, 2016|work=Variety|date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> During the process of writing the score, Williams compared the film to "a child’s ballet where there are dances involved," elaborating, "The BFG tries to capture dreams with his net and does something that almost looks like a [[Ray Bolger]] or [[Fred Astaire]] dance; It is an amazingly musical and choreographic sequence which required the orchestra to do things that are more associated with musical films."<ref name="presskit">{{cite web|url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/TheBFG/writen-material/TheBFG5761cec25abed.pdf|title=The BFG Press Kit|website=wdsmediafile.com|publisher=The Walt Disney Studios|format=PDF|accessdate=July 10, 2016|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> Williams found similarities with the scoring of ''[[Home Alone]]'', admitting that writing music for ''The BFG'' “was really an opportunity to compose and orchestrate a little children’s fantasy for orchestra."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/fantastic-beasts-bfg-john-williams-1201930763/|title=‘Fantastic Beasts’ and ‘The BFG’ Tap Into Magical Musical Worlds|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|date=December 1, 2016|work=Variety|access-date=December 8, 2016|via=}}</ref> The soundtrack was released by [[Walt Disney Records]] on July 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Walt Disney Records To Release The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From "The BFG"|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/walt-disney-records-to-release-the-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-from-the-bfg-300292236.html|accessdate=July 2, 2016|work=PR Newswire|publisher=Walt Disney Records|date=June 29, 2016|location=Burbank, California}}</ref>

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| Released = July 1, 2016
| Recorded = 2016
| studio = [[Sony Pictures Studios]]
| Genre = [[Film score]]
| Length = 64:33
| Label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| Producer = John Williams
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| Last album = ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''<br>(2015)
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===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total_length = 64:33
| all_music = [[John Williams]]
| title1 = Overture
| length1 = 1:18
| title2 = The Witching Hour
| length2 = 4:41
| title3 = To Giant Country
| length3 = 2:33
| title4 = Dream Country
| length4 = 10:10
| title5 = Sophie's Nightmare
| length5 = 1:57
| title6 = Building Trust
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = Fleshlumpeater
| length7 = 1:37
| title8 = Dream Jars
| length8 = 3:30
| title9 = Frolic
| length9 = 1:44
| title10 = Blowing Dreams
| length10 = 3:46
| title11 = Snorting and Sniffing
| length11 = 2:13
| title12 = Sophie's Future
| length12 = 2:30
| title13 = There Was a Boy
| length13 = 3:30
| title14 = The Queen's Dream
| length14 = 3:08
| title15 = The Boy's Drawings
| length15 = 3:05
| title16 = Meeting the Queen
| length16 = 3:00
| title17 = Giants Netted
| length17 = 2:03
| title18 = Finale
| length18 = 2:14
| title19 = Sophie and the BFG
| length19 = 8:09
}}

==Release==
[[File:Cannes 2016 19.jpg|thumb|200px|Spielberg, Rylance and Barnhill promoting the film at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]].]]
''The BFG'' premiered on May 14, 2016, at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]], in an out of competition screening.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-live-stream-2016-film-festival-lineup-list |title=2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup |accessdate=14 April 2016 |work=IndieWire}}</ref> It was released in the United States on July 1, 2016,<ref>{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg Cold War Thriller Set for Oct. 16, 2015|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/tom-hanks-steven-spielberg-cold-war-thriller-set-for-oct-16-2015-1201221269/|accessdate=June 6, 2014|work=Variety|date=June 16, 2014}}</ref> and was distributed worldwide by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]], except for territories in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, where the film's distribution rights were sold by DreamWorks' international partner, [[DreamWorks#Distribution|Mister Smith Entertainment]], to independent distributors.<ref name=DisneyJoin/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Barraclough|first1=Leo|title=David Garrett, Ralpho Borgos Hope to Take Mr. Smith Shingle to the Summit|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/global/execs-david-garrett-ralpho-borgos-use-hands-on-approach-with-mister-smith-shingle-1201490337/|accessdate=February 15, 2016|work=Variety|date=May 8, 2015}}</ref> [[Entertainment One Films]] distributed the film in the U.K. on July 22, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’ Primed for U.K. Release With eOne|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/steven-spielbergs-the-bfg-primed-for-u-k-release-with-eone-1201261149/|accessdate=July 12, 2014|work=Variety|date=July 11, 2014}}</ref> DreamWorks' financial partner, [[Reliance Entertainment]], released the film in India on July 29, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Groves|first1=Don|title=Can Amitabh Bachchan And Parineeti Chopra Boost Spielberg's 'The BFG' In India?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dongroves/2016/07/14/can-hindi-telugu-and-tamil-stars-boost-spielbergs-the-bfg-in-india/#5bb78915572e|accessdate=July 21, 2016|work=Forbes|date=July 14, 2016}}</ref> [[Huaxia Film Distribution]] released the film in China. [[Mediaset|Medusa Film]] released the film in Italy on December 30, 2016.

Disney released a [[Teaser campaign|teaser trailer]] on December 9, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vlessing|first1=Etan|title=First Trailer for Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG' Debuts|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/first-trailer-steven-spielbergs-bfg-847161|accessdate=April 6, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 9, 2015}}</ref> A second [[Trailer (promotion)|trailer]] was released on April 5, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lawler|first1=Kelly|title=The new trailer for Spielberg's 'The BFG' will sweep you away|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/04/06/the-bfg-trailer-2-steven-spielberg-disney-roald-dahl/82693962/|accessdate=April 6, 2016|work=USA Today|date=April 6, 2016}}</ref> A third trailer was released on May 16, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title='The BFG': New Trailer Spotlights Mark Rylance's Giant|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bfg-new-trailer-spotlights-mark-894386|accessdate=June 25, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 16, 2016}}</ref> The film held its North American premiere at the [[El Capitan Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, California]] on June 21, 2016.<ref name=Cap>{{cite news|last1=McCarten|first1=Phil|title=Spielberg brings Dahl's friendly giant to screens with 'The BFG'|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-thebfg-idUSKCN0Z816Z|accessdate=23 June 2016|work=Reuters|date=June 22, 2016}}</ref>

<!-- DO NOT SEPARATE INTO A "HOME MEDIA" SUBSECTION UNLESS THE CONTENT IS EXPANDED FIRST. -->[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] released ''The BFG'' on [[Blu-ray]], [[DVD]], and [[Digital distribution|digital download]] on November 29, 2016. The film debuted in third of the home media sales chart for the week ending on December 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Arnold|first1=Thomas|title=‘Pete’s Dragon’ Tops Disney Trio of Best-Selling Discs|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/petes-dragon-tops-disney-trio-of-best-selling-discs-1201936593/|accessdate=December 8, 2016|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=December 7, 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''The BFG'' grossed $55.5 million in North America and $127.9 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $183.3 million, against a production budget of $140 million.<ref name=BOM/>

In the United States and Canada, ''The BFG'' opened alongside ''[[The Legend of Tarzan (film)|The Legend of Tarzan]]'' and ''[[The Purge: Election Year]]'' at 3,357 theaters, and was projected to gross $22–32 million in its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/bfg-box-office-legend-of-tarzan-1201796977/|title=‘The BFG,’ ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ Failing to Generate Much Box Office Heat|author=Brent Lang|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=June 16, 2016|accessdate=June 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4201|title='Finding Dory' #1 Again, Topping All Four of the Weekend's New Wide Releases Combined|author=Brad Brevet|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=June 26, 2016|accessdate=June 26, 2016}}</ref> The film was notably vying for drawing family audiences with the studio's own ''[[Finding Dory]]''.<ref name="budget" /> It made $775,000 from its Thursday previews, however the low figure was not surprising, given how family films tend to attract less audiences during late-night showings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/07/01/thursday-box-office-purge-steals-3-64m-tarzan-swings-to-2-5m-bfg-eats-775k/#3506e78fdf0b|title=Thursday Box Office: 'Purge' Steals $3.64M, 'Tarzan' Swings To $2.55M, 'BFG' Eats $775K|author=Scott Mendelson|work=[[Forbes]]|date=July 1, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4202|title='Tarzan', 'BFG' and 'Purge 3' Will be No Match for 'Finding Dory'|author=Brad Brevet|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=June 30, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Box Office: ‘The Purge 3’ Expunges ‘Legend of Tarzan,’ ‘The BFG’ on Thursday Night|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/purge-election-year-box-office-legend-of-tarzan-bfg-1201807265/|accessdate=July 10, 2016|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=July 1, 2016}}</ref> This was followed by a $7 million opening day (including previews) and a disappointing $18.6 million opening weekend, which [[Deadline.com]] called "an awful start for this film which is estimated to cost $140 million".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/07/02/box-office-disneys-the-bfg-earns-not-so-huge-7m-friday/#415ea2a85279|title=Box Office: Disney's 'The BFG' Earns Not-So-Huge $7M Friday|author=Mendelson, Scott|work=[[Forbes]]|date=July 2, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="DEADopening">{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2016/07/independence-day-box-office-legend-of-tarzan-the-purge-election-year-the-bfg-1201782489/|title=‘Dory’ Dominates, ‘Tarzan’ Improves, ‘Purge’ Excels As ‘BFG’ Falls: July 4th Weekend B.O. – Sunday Update|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=[[Deadline.com|Deadline]]|date=July 3, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'' noted that Steven Spielberg's films tend to have long runs, irrespective of their opening numbers. However, it also pointed out that the July 4th weekend proves to be a non-leggy release schedule and most films released during this time end up making only twice their holiday total over the course of their domestic theatrical run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/07/03/box-office-disneys-the-bfg-nabs-not-very-big-23-6m-weekend/#48cbb3f2bd60|title=Box Office: Disney's 'The BFG' Nabs Not Very Big $23.6M Weekend|author=Mendelson, Scott|work=[[Forbes]]|date=July 3, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the opening figures "a colossal misfire".<ref name="TNYT">{{cite web|url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/04/movies/finding-dory-rules-the-box-office-as-the-bfg-stumbles.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmovies&action=click&contentCollection=movies&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&referer=https://www.nytimes.com/section/movies|title=‘The BFG’ Stumbles as ‘Finding Dory’ Rules Box Office|author=Brooks Barnes|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=July 3, 2016|accessdate=July 4, 2016}}</ref>

Due to the film's poor performance in North America, the film was considered a [[Box office bomb|box office disappointment]].<ref name="Variety3Jul2016"/><ref name="lowgross">{{cite news|last1=Mendelson|first1=Scott|title=Box Office: 'The BFG' Could Be Steven Spielberg's Most Significant Flop|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/07/04/box-office-the-bfg-could-be-steven-spielbergs-first-outright-commercial-flop/#1c105a4a51d6|accessdate=July 10, 2016|work=[[Forbes]]|date=July 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Hollywood Reporter"/><ref name="Variety"/>
As a result of its low opening numbers in North America, the film needed greater financial success in its international markets, as pointed out by David Hollis, Disney's distribution chief, saying, "we're going to be reliant in a lot of ways on international [audiences]".<ref name="TNYT" /> Internationally – during its opening weekend – where the [[Independence Day (United States)|4th of July weekend]] is not a holiday, the film opened to $3.9 million in its opening weekend from two markets, Australia and Russia.<ref name="Overseas28thOpening">{{cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2016/07/tarzan-independence-day-resurgence-secret-life-of-pets-finding-dory-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-china-international-box-office-weekend-results-1201782497/|title=‘Tarzan’ Takes $18.8M In First Offshore Swing; ‘TMNT2’ Kicks Up $26M China Bow; ‘Pets’ Purrs – International Box Office|author=Tartaglione, Nancy|work=[[Deadline.com|Deadline]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media, LLC]]|date=July 3, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2016}}</ref> In Australia, it opened to $2 million placing third while in Russia it debuted second with $1.9 million, which tops the entire runs of ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' and ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''. In the United Kingdom, where the book is more well-known, it opened to $6.9 million.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gant|first1=Charles|title=The BFG towers over UK box office while Star Trek Beyond fails to prosper|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jul/26/the-bfg-top-spot-uk-box-office-spielberg-star-trek-beyond|accessdate=August 2, 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group|Guardian News and Media Limited]]|date=July 26, 2016}}</ref>

In China, the release was handled by [[Huaxia Film Distribution]]. While it benefitted from a robust marketing effort including Spielberg's presence in the country itself, it suffered from a three month long delay after its North American release. It had an estimated $13.8 million opening, debuting at second place behind ''[[Operation Mekong]]''.<ref name="Overseas44thOpening">{{cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2016/10/inferno-tom-hanks-accountant-miss-peregringe-foreign-opening-weekend-results-international-box-office-1201837174/|title=‘Inferno’ Ignites With $50M Offshore; ‘Miss Peregrine’ Tops $130M – Intl Box Office|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline.com|Deadline]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Business Media, LLC]]|date=October 16, 2016|accessdate=October 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/china-box-office-operation-mekong-1201890617/|title=China Box Office: ‘Operation Mekong’ Stays Ahead of ‘The BFG’|author=Patrick Frater|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=October 16, 2016|accessdate=October 17, 2016}}</ref> Many Chinese online reviews criticized Spielberg for making the film "too juvenile" for adults.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chinafilminsider.com/china-box-office-mekong-still-tops-spielbergs-bfg/|title=China Box Office: ‘Mekong’ Still Tops Spielberg’s ‘BFG’|author=Jonathan Papish|work=China Film Insider|date=October 18, 2016|accessdate=October 18, 2016}}</ref>

''The BFG'' is one of the lowest-grossing films of Spielberg's career, specifically in North America, when accounting for inflation and one of the year's biggest flops, but ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' noted that Disney would be able to withstand the losses due to the success of ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'' and ''[[Finding Dory]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/summer-box-office-winners-losers-925566/item/marvel-studios-925567|title=Summer Box-Office Winners and Losers: From 'Finding Dory' to 'Ben-Hur'|date=September 4, 2016|author=McClintock, Pamela|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media|Prometheus Global Media, LLC]]|accessdate=September 4, 2016}}</ref> The site also highlighted that the financial losses for Disney could be $90–100 million based on theatrical returns alone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ben-hur-faces-120m-loss-925302|title='Ben-Hur' Faces Epic $120M Loss as Summer's Biggest Box-Office Bust|author=McClintock, Pamela|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media|Prometheus Global Media, LLC]]|date=September 8, 2016|accessdate=September 8, 2016}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 272 reviews and an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''The BFG'' minimizes the darker elements of Roald Dahl's classic in favor of a resolutely good-natured, visually stunning, and largely successful family-friendly adventure."<ref name="RT">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bfg_2016/|title=The BFG (2016)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango (company)|Fandango]]|accessdate=March 5, 2018}}</ref> On another aggregator, [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 66 out of 100 based on 47 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="Meta">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-bfg|title=The BFG Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive|CBS Interactive Inc.]]|accessdate=March 5, 2018}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/|title=CinemaScore search|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref>

Justin Chang of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called Rylance's performance a "brilliant amalgam of performance-capture technology and peerless screen presence."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chang|first1=Justin|title=Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG' seeks to recapture the heights of 'E.T.'|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-the-bfg-review-20160627-snap-story.html|accessdate=July 10, 2016|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> Scott Mendelson of ''[[Forbes]]'' described the film as "a charming, intelligent, and witty little adventure movie with strong special effects work in the service of a most unassuming story."<ref name=ForbesReview>{{cite web|last1=Mendelson|first1=Scott|title='The BFG' Review: Yup, Steven Spielberg Made Another Great Movie|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/06/21/the-bfg-review-yup-steven-spielberg-made-another-great-movie/#38599e026dc5|accessdate=July 10, 2016|website=[[Forbes]]|date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> Mendelson also commended the film's smaller scope in story, as well as Rylance and Barnhill's interaction.<ref name=ForbesReview/> [[Robbie Collin]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' called the film "a significant technical accomplishment", adding that "the infinitesimally detailed motion-capture technology alone, which stretches Rylance’s human performance to gargantuan proportions, is river-straddling bounds beyond anything that’s come before it."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Collin|first1=Robbie|title=Steven Spielberg creates a landscape of astonishments in The BFG - review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/05/14/the-bfg-review-steven-spielberg-and-mark-rylance-create-a-landsc/|accessdate=July 20, 2016|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> Critic [[Matt Zoller Seitz]] highly appreciated Spielberg's direction of the film, giving the film three and a half out of four stars. Seitz remarks, "I can imagine some adults finding the movie dull; 'Nothing happens', they'll say. 'And it's too nice.' But I can imagine other adults loving the film for helping them remember what it's like to be young enough to hide from a movie monster because he's big and weird-looking and then laugh because he's kind of silly..."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Seitz|first1=Matt Zoller|authorlink=Matt Zoller Seitz|title=The BFG Movie Review & Film Summary (2016)|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-bfg-2016|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|accessdate=July 7, 2016|date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>

[[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' compared the film objectively to Spielberg's ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'', as a "conspicuously less captivating, magical and transporting experience than its classic forebear."<ref>{{cite web|last1=McCarthy|first1=Todd|title='The BFG': Cannes Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/bfg-movie-review-894036|accessdate=July 10, 2016|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media|Prometheus Global Media, LLC]]|date=May 14, 2016}}</ref> Peter Debruge of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', however, compared the film favorably to ''E.T.'', writing, "this splendid Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation makes it possible for audiences of all ages to wrap their heads around one of the unlikeliest friendships in cinema history, resulting in the sort of instant family classic “human beans” once relied upon Disney to deliver."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Debruge|first1=Peter|title=Cannes Film Review: Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/the-bfg-review-steven-spielberg-1201774476/|accessdate=July 11, 2016|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=May 14, 2016}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the film's digital effects and visual style as "exquisite", though he felt that the film lacked the excitement found in Spielberg's previous fantasy films.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Scott|first1=A. O.|authorlink=A. O. Scott|title=Review: In ‘The BFG,’ Walking Gently and Wearing Huge Shoes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/movies/the-bfg-review-steven-spielberg-mark-rylance.html?_r=0|accessdate=July 10, 2016|website=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=June 30, 2016}}</ref>

[[Richard Brody]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' stating that it "plays like a forced march of fun, a mandatory strain of magic and a prescribed dose of poetry, like a movie ready-made for screening in classrooms when a teacher is absent." Brody, however, observes that "Spielberg is the BFG who's menaced by bigger and more monstrous giants who aren't interested in edifying their audiences but merely in consuming them—consuming the consumer, so to speak."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brody|first1=Richard|authorlink=Richard Brody|date=1 July 2016|title=Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG' Is a Forced March of Fun|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/steven-spielbergs-the-bfg-is-a-forced-march-of-fun|website=[[The New Yorker]]|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> [[Richard Roeper]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' called the film "technically impressive but listless and tedious... painfully cutesy, silly and gross rather than whimsical and funny." He thought that the film moved far too slowly and was missing a "sense of wonder and adventure", saying that he'd "rather see every one of Spielberg's previous films before having to sit through "''The BFG''" again".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/the-bfg-even-steven-spielberg-cant-stir-a-lumbering-giant/|title=‘The BFG’: Even Steven Spielberg can’t stir a lumbering giant|website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|author=Roeper, Richard|authorlink=Richard Roeper|date=June 28, 2016|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> Cole Smithey described the film as a "drab affair". Giving ''The BFG'' one star out of five, he criticised its "creepy style of animation [and] dragging tempo".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colesmithey.com/capsules/2016/06/the-bfg.html|title=THE BFG — CANNES 2016|publisher=ColeSmithey.com|author=Cole Smithey|date=June 28, 2016|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> Several critics were unimpressed with Barnhill's performance,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbr.com/review-disneys-the-bfg-is-a-big-miss-for-spielberg/|title=REVIEW: DISNEY’S ‘THE BFG’ IS A BIG MISS FOR SPIELBERG|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|author=Kristy Puchko|date=June 21, 2016|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/06/the_bfg_review_steven_spielberg_lets_us_down.html|title='The BFG' review: Steven Spielberg lets us down|publisher=[[NJ.com]]|author=Stephen Whitty|date=June 29, 2016|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> calling her "somewhat wooden",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegoreader.com/movies/the-bfg/|title=The BFG|website=[[San Diego Reader]]|author=Matthew Lickona|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> "cloying"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/article/review-bfg-steven-spielberg/|title=Review: The BFG|website=[[Film Comment]]|publisher=[[Film Society of Lincoln Center]]|author=Michael Koresky|date=July–August 2016|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> "blah"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patriotledger.com/entertainment/20160630/movie-review--the-bfg-lacks-whimsy-charm|title=MOVIE REVIEW: 'The BFG' lacks whimsy, charm|website=[[The Patriot Ledger]]|author=Alexander, Al|date=June 30, 2016|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref> and "grating".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/the-bfg/256366/the-bfg-review|title=The BFG Review|website=[[Dennis Publishing|Den of Geek]]|author=Edward Douglas|date=June 17, 2016|accessdate=December 7, 2016}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:small;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:small;"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! colspan="6" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | List of awards and nominations
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Award
! Date of ceremony
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
| [[Annie Award]]s
| [[44th Annie Awards|February 4, 2017]]
| Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
| Claude Schitter, Benjaman Folkman, Gary Boyle, David Caeiro and Luke Millar
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite news|last1=Flores|first1=Terry|title=‘Zootopia’ Tops Annie Awards Nominations, ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ in Close Second|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/annie-awards-nominations-2017-zootopia-kubo-and-the-two-strings-1201927492/|accessdate=November 29, 2016|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=November 28, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[British Academy Children's Awards]]
| November 20, 2016
| BAFTA Kids' Vote
| ''The BFG''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="BAFTAChild">{{cite web |url=http://kidscreen.com/2016/10/19/horrible-histories-truetube-lead-bafta-childrens-noms/ |title=Horrible Histories, TrueTube lead BAFTA Children’s noms |last=Foster |first=Elizabeth |publisher= Kidscreen|date= October 19, 2016 |accessdate= October 23, 2016}}</ref><br /><ref name="BAFTAChild2">{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/childrens/bafta-kids-vote-film |title=2016 Children's BAFTA Kids' Vote - Film |publisher= [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|date= November 21, 2016 |accessdate= December 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]]
| December 8, 2016
| Best Actor
| [[Mark Rylance]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/evening-standard-british-film-awards-the-longlist-a3398101.html |title=Evening Standard British Film Awards - The Longlist |publisher=''[[London Evening Standard]]'' |first=William |last=Moore |date=November 17, 2016 |accessdate=November 29, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Rotten Tomatoes|Golden Tomato Awards]]
| January 12, 2017
| Best Kids/Family Movie 2016
| ''The BFG''
| {{draw|5th Place}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Tomato Awards - Best of 2016|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/rt-hub/golden-tomato-awards-best-of-2016/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango (company)|Fandango]]|date=12 January 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle]]
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2016|January 22, 2017]]
| Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
| [[Ruby Barnhill]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/moonlight-love-and-friendship-lead-london-film-critics-circle-nominations-1201945718/ |title=‘Moonlight’ and ‘Love and Friendship’ Lead London Film Critics’ Circle Nominations |date=December 20, 2016 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|accessdate=December 20, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Satellite Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[21st Satellite Awards|February 19, 2017]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[John Williams]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2016-satellite-awards-nominees-listed-includes-moonlight-la-la-land-950935|title=Satellite Awards Nominees Revealed|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 29, 2016|accessdate=November 29, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
| ''The BFG''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[Saturn Awards]]
| rowspan="10"| [[43rd Saturn Awards|June 28, 2017]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]]
| ''The BFG''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="10"| <ref name="SaturnAwards">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/saturn-awards-nominations-2017-rogue-one-walking-dead-1202000833/|title=Saturn Awards Nominations 2017: 'Rogue One,' 'Walking Dead' Lead|last=McNary|first=Dave|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=March 2, 2017|accessdate=March 3, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Steven Spielberg]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
| [[Melissa Mathison]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Mark Rylance
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor|Best Performance by a Younger Actor]]
| Ruby Barnhill
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]]
| John Williams
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| [[Rick Carter]] and [[Robert Stromberg]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Joanna Johnston]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
| [[Joe Letteri]] and Joel Whist
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]]
| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association|D.C. Area Film Critics Association]]
| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2016|December 5, 2016]]
| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2016|December 5, 2016]]
| Best Motion Capture Performance
| Best Motion Capture Performance
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D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 5, 2016 Best Motion Capture Performance Mark Rylance Won [1]
Women Film Critics Circle December 19, 2016 Best Animated Female The BFG Nominated [2]
World Soundtrack Awards October 20, 2016 Film Composer of the Year John Williams (also for Star Wars: The Force Awakens) Nominated [3]

References

  1. ^ "The 2016 WAFCA Awards Nominations". December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Women Film Critics Circle Nominations: "Hidden Figures," "13th," & More". Women and Hollywood. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "Winners of the 15th World Soundtrack Awards". World Soundtrack Awards. October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2016.

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