É.-U. 2006. Comédie fantaisiste de Gary Winick avec Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, Essie Davis. Une fillette et une araignée ingénieuse s'emploient à sauver un porcelet destiné à être transformé en bacon. Adaptation appliquée du livre de E.B. White. Histoire d'amitié fort touchante. Mélange assez réussi de personnages réels et d'animaux parlants. Mise en scène peu inventive. Voix douce et apaisante de J. Roberts dans le rôle de Charlotte. (sortie en salle: 15 décembre 2006)
Général É.-U. 2006. Comédie fantaisiste de Gary Winick avec Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, Essie Davis.
Une fillette et une araignée ingénieuse s'emploient à sauver un porcelet destiné à être transformé en bacon. Adaptation appliquée du livre de E.B. White. Histoire d'amitié fort touchante. Mélange assez réussi de personnages réels et d'animaux parlants. Mise en scène peu inventive. Voix douce et apaisante de J. Roberts dans le rôle de Charlotte. (sortie en salle: 15 décembre 2006)
Todd McCarthy - Variety
E.B. White's book is CHARLOTTE'S WEB the classic; Paramount and Walden Media's film is CHARLOTTE'S WEB the commodity. A sorely disappointing screen adaptation of one of the most artful and widely read children's books of the past century, this highly polished picture is superficially faithful, even reverential to its source, but evinces neither imagination nor a personality of its own.
Jean Oppenheimer - Screen Daily
While no live-action/CGI-hybrid about talking animals is ever likely to match or surpass Chris Noonan’s BABE (1995), the film adaptation of CHARLOTTE'S WEB proves itself a pleasant and engaging addition to the genre. (...) But part of BABE’s triumph was the incredibly distinctive personalities conjured by its talented voice cast and it’s something some of the personalities in CHARLOTTE'S WEB lack: for example, Oprah Winfrey (...) and Reba McEntire suggest stereotypes rather than characters. (...) Danny Elfman’s lovely score, which seems to rise naturally from the gently rolling hills and dales.
Michael Rechtshaffen - The Hollywood Reporter
Where Paramount's 1973 incarnation was a traditionally animated, feature-length Hanna-Barbera production (...), the new version takes its live-action cue from 1995's BABE, combining real-life critters with CG-assisted animatronics, rather than going the fully computer-animated route. The result, with its gently contemporized dialogue that still remains quite true to White's original wording, offers a family-friendly primer on the cycle of life that's careful to not overplay the inherent sentiment.
Andrew L. Urban - Urban Cinefile
Certainly the film's technical achievements are many and splendid, a seamless magic trick that makes us believe animals can talk, think and feel. Even joke. But the twee voice of Wilbur's Dominic Scott Kay and the saccharine Julia Roberts as Charlotte helped put me 'out of the picture' as Hollywood execs would put it. Too much Hollywood, in fact, and not enough reality. Likewise all the banter between the barnyard animals, which loses its wit and seems like smart-aleck writing. Nevertheless, the film has merit and many will enjoy its gentle, positive mood and its beautiful bucolic locations (all Australian). But to understand the popularity of E.B. White's book, I think it's best to read it.
Chef-d'oeuvre
Remarquable
Très bon
Bon
Moyen
Pauvre
Minable
