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The BFG (titled onscreen as Roald Dahl's The BFG) is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Dahl. The film stars Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader.

Plot
Ten-year-old Sophie is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance). Naturally scared at first, the young girl soon realizes that the 24-foot behemoth is actually quite gentle and charming. As their friendship grows, Sophie's presence attracts the unwanted attention of Bloodbottler, Fleshlumpeater and other giants. After traveling to London, Sophie and the BFG must convince Queen Victoria to help them get rid of all the bad giants once and for all.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It stays faithful to the book its based on, while other parts were introduced, like a subplot about a boy the BFG had taken in before, Sophie getting returned to the orphanage and calling the BFG to come back, and more scenes with all the giants bullying the BFG.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Unnecessary long runtime.

Reception
The BFG received generally positive reviews. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 292 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.". On another aggregator, Metacritic, the film has a score of 66 out of 100 based on 47 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

Trivia

 * It is the first Disney-branded film directed by Steven Spielberg, though he has previously produced several films for the studio.
 * To promote the movie, Roblox sponsored this movie of the event for summer holidays, named Summer Camp. Some users have criticized the event's game for having several bugs and repeatedly shutting down (similar to the 2014 Egg Hunt), which led to game having more dislikes than likes. Despite this, the event received mixed to somewhat positive reviews.
 * This is the third Disney/Marvel film that The Disney Company can't get any box office from China because the China film's law. First film is Bridge to Terabithia and second film is Iron Man 3.
 * In countries where Disney didn't distribute the film, Disney's logo is replaced with whoever is distributing the movie in the country. The presents screen will also omit Disney's name at the beginning.