The kind of warm and fuzzy, non-distracting family film that Hollywood hardly touches anymore.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

Despite a stellar cast, including the incomparable Dakota Fanning as Fern, director Gary Winick disappoints to the point of almost tarnishing the joy of childhood memories.

| Nov 7, 2019

Charlotte's Web is absolutely one of the best films of the year.

| Jan 5, 2018

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Kids will love it, I just kind of liked it.

| Apr 29, 2009

This Charlotte's Web is a live-action remake, à la Babe. And while the live action distinguishes it from its cartoon predecessor of 1973, it makes it bear entirely too much resemblance to the Babe series.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 23, 2008

Hides a big heart beneath a small piglet.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2008

There's enough of White's original spirit that survives the Hollywoodization to keep the little girls happy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 22, 2007

Steve Buscemi's invigorating vocal characterization of Templeton the rat is the only high point in this sleep-inducing live action-animated revamp of the 1973 animated classic based on E.B White's 1952 children's book.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 19, 2007

In this live action movie, with talking animals and a good deal of clever computer-generated imagery, Julia Roberts does the talking for Charlotte and only confirmed arachnophobes such as myself will resist her charms.

| Feb 18, 2007

If you can identify all the voices before the credits roll up, you are a better man than I.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 9, 2007

Hilarious and heart-warming, this is a real crowd-pleaser for all ages.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 9, 2007

Most of the problem is that everything feels very familiar, while the movie's moralising tone grates very quickly.

| Feb 9, 2007

Hardly the equal of Babe but the superior voice cast and Fanning's unforced charm make for another film that'll put you off pork forever.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 9, 2007

This film does what all children's films should do: not just offer lots of entertaining things to look at, but teach children how to look at the world with curiosity, attentiveness and joy.

| Feb 9, 2007

It's hard to go wrong with a cute liddle piggy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 9, 2007

Adult audiences tend to find [Dakota Fanning] rather shrill - witnessing [her] at full shriek is like being attacked by a colony of bats. For this reason, Charlotte's Web is probably one for youngsters only.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 9, 2007

If they'd stopped yammering for just a few minutes, White's heartbreaking ending might have retained its poignancy. As it is, it's little more than a blessed relief.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 9, 2007

Youngsters will warm to the barn's talking animals and perhaps even shed a tear at the sight of a spider shuffling off the mortal coil. Arachnaphobes, though, are advised to approach with caution.

| Feb 8, 2007

Never less than watchable, thanks to its superb cast, but kids will enjoy it more than adults will.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 8, 2007