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James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

Family · Animation · Adventure · 1996

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.

Movie details

James and the Giant Peach

“Adventures this big don't grow on trees.”

1996 Family · Animation · Adventure 1h 19m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over James and the Giant Peach?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Henry Selick

Written by

Karey Kirkpatrick · Jonathan Roberts · Steve Bloom

Paul Terry

Paul Terry

James Henry Trotter

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

Aunt Spiker

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

The Magic Man

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Grasshopper (voice)

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Centipede (voice)

Jane Leeves

Jane Leeves

Ladybug (voice)

Court is in session

Put James and the Giant Peach on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.