James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

9/4/1996 1h 19m 6.6/10

Overview

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.

Director

Henry Selick

Top Billed Cast

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

Aunt Spiker

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Centipede (voice)

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Grasshopper (voice)

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

The Magic Man

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Paul Terry

Paul Terry

James Henry Trotter

Reviews

r96sk

7/13/2022

7/10

A little light on story, though that stop-motion animation is noice. At just under 1hr 20mins, <em>'James and the Giant Peach</em> 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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