James and the Giant Peach

1996-04-12 • 1h 19m • PG •

Adventure Animation Family Fantasy

6.6

User Score

1353 votes

"Adventures this big don't grow on trees."

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.

Henry Selick

Director

Jonathan Roberts

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Paul Terry

James Henry Trotter

Miriam Margolyes

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Joanna Lumley

Aunt Spiker

Pete Postlethwaite

The Magic Man

Simon Callow

Grasshopper (voice)

Richard Dreyfuss

Centipede (voice)

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$38,000,000

Revenue

$28,946,127

Runtime

1h 19m

Release Date

1996-04-12

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Reviews

r96sk

2022-07-13T00:54:06.804Z

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.