Bridge to Terabithia (2007) starring AnnaSophia Robb, Josh Hutcherson, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick. New girl in town (Robb) teaches local boy (Hutcherson) how to use vivid imagination to better deal with poverty at home and bullies at school. Then (spoiler alert!) tragedy strikes, and the boy must learn to deal with the reality of death -- which he does in his own way. It's quite a jolting turn in what starts out as a fantasy movie, and I don't think it entirely works (unless you count jerking tears as working). I think Disney's promotion of this film was dishonest. They got me once with "Bambi" (who knew Bambi's mom would get killed?) and now with "Bridge to Terabithia." Grade: B
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