Bridge to Terabithia is American fantasy drama film directed by Gábor Csupó. The film is based on the Katherine Petersons novel ”Bridge to Terabithia” and released in February 16, 2007 by Walt Disney. Leading actors of the film are Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb. Bridge to Terabithia is story of two fifth-graders Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke. Jesse and Leslie become friends and create their own fantasy world in forest where they can spend time and escape the bullies from school. The story is set in Lark Creek, Virginia.
Plot of the film briefly: Jesse is an aspiring artist living with his financially struggling family. Jesse has four sisters and he goes to same school with May Belle, his youngest sister. The new girl Leslie has moved right next to Jesse’s house and starts going to same school. Already at the beginning Leslie is ”the weird new kid” in her classmates eyes. Both Jesse and Leslie have no friends so they start to spend time together and create their own safe place, a fantasy world called Terabithia. To get in to Terabithia they have to cross a river with a rope. Jesse’s sister May Belle tries to go to Terabithia with them many times but no one is allowed to go in Terabithia, except Jesse and Leslie. They spend a lot of time in there making their own stories and adventures about trolls and battles against bad forces. Jesse has had a crush on his teacher, Miss Edmunds for a long time and one day Miss Edmunds invites Jesse to go to museum with her. Jesse was so excited about the trip that he forgot to ask if Leslie wants to go too. At the mean time when Jesse is in the museum, Leslie tries to go to Terabithia alone but the rope breaks and Leslie drowns in the river. When Jesse returns home he breaks when he find out that Leslie is dead. Jesse feels overwhelming guilt for Leslie’s death because he didn’t invite her to the museum trip and for not being there for her. After many breakdowns Jesse decides to re-imagine Terabithia and builds a bridge with a sign saying ”Nothing Crushes Us” across the creek to welcome a new ruler. Then he invites his little sister May Belle to enter Terabithia. She and Jesse bring back Terabithia in even greater splendor, with Jesse as king and his sister as princess.
When I first time saw the film my first impressions were like ” omg this is going to be my favorite film now”. And it’s still one of the best films I have seen. The film was so touching and emotional that it made me cry. My favorite part of the film is where the kids in school sings a songs because it is so good-humored and sweet. The film makes me realize how important friends are for me and how horrible it would be if I lose them. I think the message of the film is that sometimes bad things happen but you can always get through them. I watched the movie in english and it was very easy to follow and understand. I would recommend the film to everybody because it’s just the best film ever lol.