James and the Giant Peach

Movie

1996

1h 19m

English

Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

User Score:

6.8

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When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.

James and the Giant Peach

Movie

1996

1h 19m

English

Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

Watch on Disney+

When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.

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6.8

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CRITIC SCORE

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Cast

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Paul Terry

James Henry Trotter

Miriam Margolyes

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Aunt Spiker

The Magic Man

Grasshopper (voice)

Centipede (voice)

Ladybug (voice)

Miss Spider (voice)

Earthworm (voice)

James' Father

James' Mother

Girl with Telescope

Woman in Bathrobe

Cop

Reporter #1

Reporter #2

Reporter #3

Street Kid

Hard Hat Man

Centipede (singing voice) (uncredit...

Sally Stevens

Glowworm (singing voice) (uncredite...

Directed By: Henry Selick

Written By: Karey Kirkpatrick (Screenplay), Roald Dahl (Novel), + 2 more

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frohikey says...

6 years ago

Here comes a little macabre adventure. But man, when that awkward boy and his weird little insect friends started making balls from the peach and eating it. It was definitely the ewww moment for me.

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Copeland1994 says...

2 years ago

I watched this as a kid and remembered it much differently in my head. It’s a bit more bonkers than I remembered, which is both good and bad. Not one I plan on revisiting again anytime soon, but I’m glad I have a clearer memory of it now. Rating: 3/5 - 7.5/10 - Worth Watching

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ziggymacarthur says...

11 months ago

Such a unique look for it's time, while being dark and unsettling in its design. The story and character development here is almost non existent. Yet somehow this is also a musical?? Overall, it was worth watching, although I would pair it with something as it's fairly short.

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r96sk says...

2 years ago

A little light on story, though that stop-motion animation is noice. At just under 1hr 20mins, 'James and the Giant Peach is simply a pleasant to watch flick with a sweet story and excellent animation. Miriam Margolyes and Joanna Lumley as the aunts is great casting, while the voice cast all perform well. I like it enough, even with the ineffective singing bits. Overall, this 1996 release is, in my opinion, nothing great but nothing bad either.

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drqshadow

4/10 5 years ago

A Tim Burton-produced Roald Dahl adaptation that does its best to capitalize on the success of The Nightmare Before Christmas via eccentric stop-motion animation. The love that seeped from every pore of Nightmare isn't here, however, and no amount of curious character design can account for that. It More

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r96sk

2 years ago

A little light on story, though that stop-motion animation is noice.

At just under 1hr 20mins, 'James and the Giant Peach is simply a pleasant to watch flick with a sweet story and excellent animation. Miriam Margolyes and Joanna Lumley as the aunts is great casting, while the voice cast More

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