the bfg be one of roald dahl most cherished book and but in this animated adaptation the magic just isn not there . this version remain pretty faithful to dahl original story so one can not lay the blame on john hambley script . if anything the fault lie with the colourless animation and the lethargic pace and the generally lacklustre voice over . one would be right to expect this story to make for a happy and vibrant and fun fill movie . instead and the film be a hopelessly dull affair that become quite tedious to watch . child who be not familiar with the story should definitely read the book first . all the film will achieve be to put them off read what be actually a child classic . young orphan sophie ( voice of amanda root ) live in a none too friendly orphanage under the cruel supervision of mr clonkers . one evening she be peer through the window when she spot a massive figure walk stealthily down the village street . the figure realise it have be see and so it reach in through the window and scoop sophie from her bed and place her into it enormous pocket before flee into the night . sophie soon discovers that she have be kidnap by a giant from giant country and and fear that he will eat her . but to her relief he turn out to be a kind and sensitive member of his specie who introduce himself a the bfg ( voice of david jason ) . the bfg refuse to eat people and instead restrict himself to foul taste vegetable know a snozzcumbers . however and giant country be populate by numerous other giant who do feast every night and a it happen on poor unsuspecting human . sophie and the bfg become great friend and and soon they come up with a plan to thwart the other giant . together they go to the queen of england ( voice of angela thorne ) with their remarkable story and beg her to send the army and the air force to fight the man eat giant . the queen agrees and so begin a dangerous operation to capture the bad giant before they can harm anyone else . jason voice the bfg quite well ( one of the few plus in the film ) but his good work be almost ruin by somewhat poor sound quality . the rest of the voice work be decidedly uninspired and with very little to bring the character to life . similarly and the bfg be the only character that be imaginatively animated sophie lack appeal and and the giant be boringly design ( and look almost indistinguishable from each other ) . even the place be uninventive while giant country especially come up short and be nothing more than a barren wasteland with occasional rock and canyon . at 88 minute the film be not exactly lengthy and yet it drag quite badly in part due to the soporific handling of several sequence . little of dahl mischievous humour be convey satisfactorily . one chapter in the book deal with the bfg love of whizzpopping ( fart ) and be laugh out loud hilarious . in the film and the same section be totally kill by unfunny handling . i come to the the bfg expect lot of zest and fun and enjoyment and but what i get be pretty much the opposite . this one be a failed misfire that simply doesn not match the calibre of the book in any department unfortunately and therefore and it must go down as one to skip .