Knowing that Leslie's death was inspired by the real life tragic death of the childhood friend of the author's son via being struck by lightning really hits home even more.

The buildup was really subtle. Over time, you can see the creek swelling, and as they swing over it, the rope gets closer and closer to the water. The kids even note it in passing at some point in the movie. It foreshadows that the creek is getting more and more dangerous. It's getting higher, flowing faster, the rope isn't as high up over it as it was in the beginning, and the rope itself is so old and just kinda tied to a tree in moist conditions.

I think the lack of buildup to Leslie's death is what makes it so real. It's a freak accident and that happens in life. No prep for it, it just happened. Leslie was there one day and then she was gone the next. I think the realism is what makes this movie so so great and, along with the deeply superb performances from its young actors, why it's stands out as such a truly remarkable children's film.

I remember my 5th grade teacher reading us this book, and my whole class was sucker punched when Leslie died. It was such a shock, and so many complained to the teacher that she actually stopped and said that's what death is like. It can be sudden and come out of nowhere. I think that was the first time I ever realized that not every story had a storybook ending. As foundational as that was for me, I could never bring myself to read the book again.

I love how blunt they made Leslies death, there was no build up, there was no hints or foreshadowing, it was completely blunt. A lot like real life. Its what made it feel so real and genuine, and the fact that they showed his grieving process made it even more real, his anger over her death, and the fact that you could FEEL her absence in the scenes after her death just hit so deep.

"Next time, we should invite Leslie too." Josh Hutcherson delivered that line so well, it broke my heart. He gave a performance beyond his young years. Also, AnnaSophia Robb was so charming and likable as Leslie, which made her death even harder to swallow. 💔😭

Thanks for this video. I, at 45, can't watch this movie. I was a kid when I read this book, with my first real "best friend". A girl in my class named Mariah. I didn't know at the time but she had a fatal illness (I knew she had health issues, but not that serious). She recommended we read this book together... every day at recess, before and after school, and on several weekends... we'd sit and read together, taking turns reading it... Only about a month after we'd finished... she tragically passed away. She KNEW she was dying, and how much we meant to each other... she tried to prepare me for losing her... it was one of her favorite books. To this day I remember her, her face, her favorite blue dress she was buried in.... and this book... It's a powerful story about finding yourself, connection with another person, and the hardship of loss... and it holds a deeply special (even if traumatic) place in my heart.

Honestly, I feel like movies like this one are very important for a child to grow up properly. Their first encounter with death shouldn't be the loss of a real person, a real loved one, but a fictional character, so they can learn how to grief before actually having to do it.

The buildup that you missed is that the teacher offered to bring leslie along to the art museum but jess wanted the teacher all to himself so he said no. If he had invited her, she would still be alive. So yeah she just dies out of nowhere, but with that context, it has a bit more depth to it because you know jess has to live with that.

Besides Leslie's death, the saddest thing is that Jess imagines his own father as The Dark Master that terrorizes Terabithia. After her death he, in his grief, goes to their treehouse and gets the paints that Leslie bought for him on his birthday, and squirts the tubes into the creek. And it is very subtly different when he's there without her. The colors aren't as vibrant the sounds are like normal forest sounds, the camera doesn't move like it did before. When he hears the rattling of the dark master he tries to run, but the "dark master" catches up to him, and its actually his dad, who hooks his keys on his beltloop. And he scoops Jess into his arms and holds him while Jess weeps and says "It's all gone."

My brother died like 3 years before I saw this as a kid and I had no idea what I was in for... to say this traumatized me as a kid is too kind. This movie was a part of my healing after the most difficult times I can remember. It hits to this day.

One of the best movie for my entire life 😢

We get exactly 2 points of foreshadowing to Leslie’s death. The first was when Jess warns that the rope is old . And the second is when they swing across while it’s raining and the tip of the rope brushes against the water. We were told, and then reminded, that this rope swing is dangerous. And then the story makes good on the threat, and it snaps while Leslie is alone with no one to save her.

I’ve never actually seen the entire movie since reading the book in 5th grade, but I remember the book explicitly mentioning that Jess considered inviting Leslie on the museum trip, but decided not to so he could have alone time with his teacher, and how that choice haunted him afterwards. That’s an even more gut-wrenching thought as an adult. It was never his fault, of course, but that’s just how life is sometimes. One decision can change everything.

I was already 19 when I first saw this movie, still traumatized me for weeks. I had to google the actress because I thought she has died in real life hence the shocking death of her character in the movie. I even drew her a portrait, really grieved for her. Imagine the people who first saw it as kids.

I'm 26 and my best friend and I also ran through the forest after Middle School, we had a long tour to get up a hill, we had to cross two fields and two forests, we had fantasy names for each stop and played adventure. We had a fight after highschool, last year I contacted her again and now we are as close as we were ❤ she also never forgot our forest fantasies and loved our childhood

What I think it's really crazy about this movie is how realistic Leslie's death is. When someone you love dies all of a sudden and you're not there to witness it, that is exactly how it goes. No goodbye, no last words, you're just hit with the most devastating news. They're gone forever.

Also in the movie Leslie couldn’t swim, but in the book she was a great swimmer. I remember Jess denying she could have ever drown over and over saying “she can swim really well”

I remember me and my dad went to see this movie in the theater right after my mom died. We had no idea what it was about, just looking for a way to get our minds off things for a couple hours … needless to say it wasn’t what we needed at the time.

I had a instant crush on Leslie as a kid lol, her death brought to tears, it was the first time i learn what it's like to lose someone you love, i was a kid so obviously i was too emotional i cried my ass off

Leslie IS the Bridge to Terabithia. She is the path for Jess to imagination. She dies falling on the physical rope that was also a symbol of the connection to Terabitha.

This is such a an accurate portrayal of death. So many times in books and movies it has this buildup of expectation or it's for a dramatic beat, but unexpected death is just that, unexpected. I lost a friend in high school and for a few days I couldn't even process it because it didn't seem fathomable. An important movie.

The movie still makes me cry, it hits very close to home, I lost a friend at a young age and I understand what it feels like living with regret, wishing you could of done something differently so the outcome would be different. I believe a lot of us have that feeling wishing we had a Time Machine and could go back and rewrite our history and mistakes. It’s very rare for a movie to be almost as good as the book. This is Based on a true story..somewhat at least. The authors son lost his best friend to a lightning strike. And what he went through kinda not wanting to face the fact that they are gone forever… well depending on what you believe at least. As I grew older, I learned to accept the past for what it is, that nothing can be changed and the best you can do is live your life to the fullest as the people you have lost along the way would have wanted you to. Great video

I read this as a kid and it really struck me. I was always a creative kid who made up worlds but was embarrassed by it and suppressed it. Seeing this as an adult it hits me different. I regret not enjoying my own imagination more as a kid. Maybe I would have had better friends.

I have such a fond memory of Therabitia - and to this day, no death in any fiction has ever come close to being as raw/shocking as Leslie's. It is so insanely well done.

Alex's reaction to Leslie's death was exactly how I felt. I forgot how sobering that scene is. no music, no "this is gonna be hard to hear, but..." it was just "your friend Leslie's dead." really hits you like a brick wall

I never thought a movie would make me happy, sad, cry and simp for some reason at the same time. Watching it now still hits hard

i’m not a kid anymore but unexpected deaths still hit quite hard. a friend of mine i grew up with but grew distant from died during childbirth last year. it came from nowhere. i still can’t believe it at times. it must so much worse as a kid

The Bridge To Terabithia, both the book and the movie, made me WAIL. It hurts me every time.

This one of those movies where you can never recapture the feeling of watching it for the first time. Leslie's death is just so shocking and blunt that it really hits you hard and the scene at the end where hes taking his sister to Teribithia brought me to tears

this movie never fails to make me cry.

Bridge to Terabithia holds a very special place in my heart. My now boyfriend and I were hanging out at his place, we usually throw something on to watch as we love movies. I didn't know anything about it at that time, and picked it out randomly. This was one of his favourite movies at the time, felt like a very special moment. It brings me right back to those days ☺️💕

There really is nothing like watching this movie for the first time. The way my stomach dropped when everything shifted from a feel-good movie to hearing that Leslie died…I haven’t felt that from a movie since. And then the delivery of Josh Hutchinson’s line to his teacher was just *chef’s kiss*

Moral of the Story: Invite your friends to the art museum or else they might drown

12:18 now thats what we call a callback

13:55 now why did I start crying while watching this as if I didn't know what was the line🤠

I always saw Leslie's sudden death as showing that you can't escape reality forever, no matter how hard you try. Jesse and Leslie used Terabithia as a way to escape their real-life problems, to the point it became just about the only thing they really cared about. It was a place where they were invincible. But at the end of the day, Terabithia isn't real and reality has to set in sooner or later. And in reality, if you're swinging across a river on a raggedy old rope, chances are that rope will eventually break. I think the ending where Jesse is comforted by his father over Leslie's death and he brings his little sister to Terabithia means that Jesse is going to find a better balance between reality and fantasy. His father and sister are two people from his unpleasant reality, so making peace with them could be seen as him accepting reality more.

When Walden Media used to produce shit for Disney, both with Bridge to Terabithia and Narnia, they covered some serious ground with dark topics like the passing of a friend or a 16 year old that remembers when he was a 30 year old king to save a fantasy realm. Shame it stopped being that way

leslie’s death when i first watched this movie as a kid it left me sad. i had an understanding of death, but just how jess’s grief looked made me feel so sad for him. but going back to it now, after losing my own best friend abruptly, this movie did a beautiful job showing the process of grief, the feeling if you would’ve did something different, if you could’ve been there, things would be different. and showing at the end, that’s life, and instead of letting someone’s death let your life lead to a halt, honor them, however you can everyday.

I showed my 5 and 10 year old brothers this movie recently (they both liked it). I've already seen the movie as a kid and knew about the ending, and yet still, at 24, I teared up in the end.

When I was young I was obsessed with this movie, watched it on repeat everyday after school. When I was 16, my childhood best friend broke through ice in the river close to where we both lived and passed away 😞 the movie pretty much became my reality. Never noticed how morbid it was until I watched it a lot older. RIP Dylan ❤ 7/10/03-2/7/19

So bridge to terabithia is actually based on a true story about a family who very suddenly lost their daughter when they went to the beach and lightning struck and killed her, which just makes it even sadder

15:35 nailed it right on the head, I can’t stand how adult like kids stuff is and how kiddy even rated r stuff is, it’s like they’re trying to mix everything and make it all a mess🤣

It's been forever since I actually seen anything about this movie. It feels nostalgic to see it once again.

Personally I think the teacher taking Jess on a trip to the museum shows that she pays attention to Jess and how he gets bullied, and she knows he likes to draw.

I think that Leslie's death made Jess's parents realize that what happened to Leslie could have happened to Jess, which was an eye-opener. Hopefully, this movie was eye-opening to a lot of parents to not neglect your children.

I first stumbled upon Bridge to Terabithia as a book when I was in highschool (8th or 9th grade)...That was the time when the tiny room that acted as the library in our school became my sort of hiding place..a place of peace...that was quite an aged book...dusty and was quite forgotten...but I read it and captured my very active imagination...i loved that book and imagine my excitement when i learned just a couple of years later that they will make it into a movie....but alas it was after a few years later (college years) when I finally was able to download and watched that movie with my gf (now my wife)...i was enthralled, she was bawling her eyes out....then a few more years and I stumbled upon the book on a BookSale outlet...and of course I bought it and took it back home and read it again like I was back in highschool...I am now 32...i still kept the book..our daughter is now turning 3...and you bet that I intend to bestow her this special book...and when she's a bit older we will watch the movie together...

Great video! I read the book in middle school and cried like a baby 😭 When the movie came out, my grandpa watched it and said he would never watch that movie again. Apparently, something very similar happened to him when he was a kid. He made friends with this new girl, (I can't remember her name 😢). Him and her became inseparable. They would always go on adventures together and explore their hometown of Manitou Springs. One time, they found an ancient native artifact, like a fertility statue or something that was over 1000 years old! People didn't like her because she was outspoken. She died of cancer when they were kids, and my grandpa said he lost his true love. Her parents really didn't have money to buy her a headstone, so the town got together to buy her one.

I rewatched this movie when I was 14 about 6 months or so after a middle school friend of mine died and while it was one of the most painful viewing experiences I've ever had, it made things easier somehow. It reminded me that I wasn't alone in my denial, fear, loneliness, and grief. Absolute 10/10 movie. Can't wait to sit my future kids down some day and watch it with them.

Use me as a “this movie traumatized me as a child” button lol

MAN, this Movie crushed me so hard at my young ages that every time I see a picture of the movie anywhere, a part of me wants to cry but I try to manage it.

I relate to this movie so much as an adult when I didn't as a kid. I felt that exact emotional whiplash the movie gives you. I was on a vacation in Costa Rica, having fun, when out of nowhere my mother calls me and tells me my best friend committed suicide. In an instant everything was shattered for me and it didnt feel real.

The author says "It grew out of a friendship which my son David had with a little girl named Lisa Hill. And they were wonderful friends for the second grade. And the summer after they both turned eight years old, Lisa was struck and killed by lightning. And it was out of those horrendous events that I began to try to make sense out of something that made no sense to me whatsoever."

The way her death was so unexpected was just the perfect way to portray death. No matter how much you try to expect it, its just always unexpected

I was in my teens when this movie came out. And it was a huge kick to the head when the reveal of Leslie's death was so abrupt and completely taken aback from the entire theme of child wonder and suddenly punched in the throat with the depressing realization that horrible things will just happen in life and we have no power over these things happening but we need to be strong to overcome the pain of sudden loss.

I loved this movie when I was little. It taught me how to handle grief and I will forever be grateful for that lesson and credit this movie for it.

My favorite part of this movie is after Leslie dies, he keeps seeing this shadow monster chase after him and he keeps running away but it’s really just his dad trying to help him come to grips with the fact that she’s gone. Super powerful stuff

I was about 17 when this movie came out. I remember bawling my eyes out when hearing about Leslie's death. How a place they considered their sanctuary ultimately led to her death & him trying to grasp that fact that she was gone. It just hits you SO HARD!

I think the original book came out in like 1977, and at the time, it wasn't as taboo for a teacher to spend time with a student outside of class. A lot of these 2000s movies that were so good for all ages were based on books. Holes was also originally a book.

I remember this was the first time a movie genuinely woke me up if you will as a kid. The ending made me understand that people go away and don't came back better which made it easier for a loss or two i had later.

The scene of her reading the story about scuba diving is often considered foreshadowing, and they added bubbles coming from her mouth while she was reading it. She imagined the scuba diving but it was ultimately her imagination that killed her. The death is still sudden but this is one of those movies you have to see more than once to understand what it’s all trying to tell you.

I lost my best friend to a car crash when we were 12, and she had a lot of the same qualities as Leslie. The movie came out a couple years before she died, but I always used to watch it for comfort after because it reminded me so much of our friendship and really helped me while i was grieving. And if I am being honest, i'm always grieving her, and the rewatch value of this movie always hits home for me

We read and watched Bridge to Terabithia in 7th grade English. Did Boy in the Striped pajamas in 8th. Our English teachers just wanted middle school to be that much more depressing I guess

5:38 that point is ssssooo true😭😭😭. In kindergarten their was this one boy who was the fastest at running and then i immediately had a crush on him.

I remember watching this movie as an elementary school kid when it first came out. The scene when the dad told the boy about his friend's death hit me so hard. The concept of "death" could happen to anyone at anytime and at any age took awhile for me to process and learn.

Her death is so perfectly executed in that movie. It just happens, like snap of the fingers, that's it. It perfectly hits that spot where realism of sudden death clashes with the fact that this is the movie and it has incredible impact on you as a viewer.

I can't imagine what Leslie's last moments were like. I know it's mentioned she hit her head and was probably knocked out before she could process or feel anything but wow... It's horrible how terrifying, cold and lonely it must've been if she was conscious the whole time.

The book and movie made me cry. Leslie made me realize how much a great friend could do to a person.

I just love how "real" this movie felt. It's really a perfect middle-school movie with how difficult life feels like it suddenly gets and issues that kids could relate too like bullying and toxic parents. There are magical moments, but it's only as a form of escapism for Leslie and Jess. Life sucks, but they have each other and one friend was all they needed...until that suddenly changed which is exactly how death is in the real world. I deeply miss stories like this because this movie came out in 2007 and I've never forgotten it ♥

As a kid I was enamored with Leslie, her death haunted me like I knew her personally

I sat in the cinema during the end credits of this movie balling my eyes out on my mums knee at the age of 13. It destroyed me. Then my parents bought me the dvd for Christmas and I was sobbing Christmas morning just from opening it. I then watched it almost every day after school, had it on in the background while doing homework or messaging friends on MSN. I could lip sync the entire film. It still has my heart and even just watching this I was emosh 😂

this was actually a great movie for helping me as a kid get through one of my best friends dying. it’s a really great movie!

What wasn’t shown here was that Jess and his dad do actually have a close emotional moment when Jess runs off and properly breaks down about Leslie’s death and his dad had followed him. and whilst Jess cries about how he wished he invited Leslie on the trip, his dad holds him and comforts him. What hits so hard also is the ‘tell, no showing’ of Leslie’s death. It’s just said. We relate to Jess’s grieving process and long denial period because it’s hard to process a death more when it’s not seen and comes out of nowhere. The movie gave us the news at the same time Jess got it, and first time watchers would still be expecting it to be a trick and that Leslie will walk right back through the door. The movie then gives us a good amount of time to realise this is indeed happening.

I read this book when I was ten years old on the recommendation of my teacher (who did say it was maybe too grown up for me, but I didn't listen). This was the first time I really understood just how emotional a piece of art could be. As a lifelong reader, it holds a special place in my (only slightly traumatised) heart

This movie destroyed me emotionally as a child. I watched this once and refused to even click anything with the name until today. Had nightmares of the trees and stuff for like 3 weeks after. I can Remember the emotions of this show so vividly despite it coming out so long ago. Now, as an adult, watching this episode to convince myself the movie wasn’t as bad as I remembered. I’m now in my feelings once again as my body remembers every emotion of every scene, especially after the 3rd act …. The mood and theme of this movie got so dark SO fast with no warning that it was gonna be a sad movie. I’m pretty sure this movie traumatized an insane amount of children on it’s release…… that being said, The screen writing and cinematography was actually wayyyyyy better than movies and cartoons we get today because like wtf was WISH and all these live adaptation movies ?

This is the first movie I've ever seen that made me feel that sick feeling that a person is just gone. That hyper awareness of their absence.

This movie is a landmark for me in recognizing the humanity in people, and the importance of a creative childhood. The relationship between Jess and his little sister particularly hits home for me, in that I too once reached an age where hanging out with my little sister was the last thing I wanted to do, despite how much she admired and needed me, and I learned to still include her. Them helping the school bully let go of some of her insecurities, even if unintentionally, is also sweet. It shouldn’t have taken Leslie passing for Jess’s dad to realize how much Jess needed a father figure to be present with him emotionally, but he did finally make some progress. The abrupt tonal shift of Leslie’s death is so painfully real. Most of the time in real life, you don’t get this sixth sense thing telling you something is gonna go horribly wrong. You can even be having the best day ever, and it can suddenly turn into the worst one.

Real ones saw the original no audio version lol

This movie also helps show the process of grief through Jess. I haven’t watched this movie in so long since maybe I was a kid but I’ve lost friends in tragic accidents so it hits close to home

Her outfits are like sooooo retro. THREE+ layers of shirts... soooo early 2000's looking.

As someone who’s studying to be a teacher and now knows that you should strive to keep a professional boundary between you and your students, the scene where Jess’ teacher calls him up to take him to the museum (without his parents’ knowledge) makes my skin crawl. Nothing bad happened (to Jess) but it’s still REALLY not okay.

[A] I'm surprised you never talked about how Terabithia's Dark Master was actually Jess' father. He tried as hard as he could to run from it, but it didn't matter. Eventually, he couldn't outrun him anymore, and he realized that his father still loved him. It took all that pain and loss to make Terabithia into a better place, as his little sister inherited a prettier, purer, one. Now, there was no chance that May Belle would suffer in it. [B] To this day, I will remember Jess breaking Scott Hoager's face. That brooding rage, and subsequent discussion with his teacher was the best part of that movie, hands down. It was the reason I studied Education in University. I know how both of them feel, far too much.

My heart broke at 12 years old when I first watched this movie… and it still aches watching this video. The pain takes a back seat but it never goes away.

I watched this with my kid sister when she was 8 and I was 16 and I was balling my eyes out. Especially because friendship between the two kids seemed so real.

When Jesse went to the museum and didn’t invite Leslie I thought, “Well that sucks, hopefully he hangs out with her later.” I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen, but not her death, I was so devastated bro. I was a kid when I first watched the movie and man did it bother me, especially today remembering it. Also I just read a theory on Reddit about how it could’ve been a suicide and now I’m even more heartbroken for her. Add the fact that this death was inspired by the Author’s son’s friend dying, makes this story so tragic.

I watched this movie when I was about 11 or so and bawled my eyes out. As a child, you grow so emtionally attached to characters in movies and I remember feeling completely gutted at the end of it.

When I was younger, I remember genuinely believing that Terabithia existed, at least in the movie’s sense. That they really did escape to some fantasy world, and that his dad really was lying when he said that Leslie had died. I remember thinking that, man, she must be in teribithia somewhere, just waiting for him… I so desperately clinged to every hint of her, even if I wasn’t the smartest as an 8 year old. I tried to come up with ANY explanation as to how she could be alive in my head… I even momentarily believed that the shadow monster had become her, that jess was going to meet her when he was seeing the shadow monster, or that the shadow monster had hidden her somewhere, somehow. Anything. In my little kid brain, by the end of the movie, I thought that she lived in the forest still, that she was just around the corner in every step somebody took. I think somebody can get a very cynical view about this all when they realize that terabithia was really just in the kid’s heads… that Leslie really *did* die. A lot of people consider maturing to be the adoption of that viewpoint, of a simple: “this and/or that” kinda deal. A direct grappling with real life. But, I don’t believe maturing to be that… in a way, terabithia really *was* real. And that’s the real beauty of this. I think the moral of the story wasn’t death and dealing with it but rather an emphasis on growing up without losing the special traits of seeing things differently- imagination. Imagination is much more powerful then seemingly “Mature” people take it up to be. Even kiddish imagination, wild dreams… it can resurrect a dead soul, just as it can keep Leslie alive in that forest. Consider the fake it till you make it saying. Many people, especially those who consider themselves mature, don’t consider that to be true… not really. They don’t think that you can just fake something and then for it to be real, to have meaning. That’s the point of this movie. To not lose that.

I read this book in 6th grade and since I procrastinated I was left crying alone in the middle of the night when I reached that part. But probably the hardest thing was when my own child had to read it and I couldn't spoil it for her so I just had to wait and try to console her because I knew what was coming!

honestly this film is just so good. the characters are so beautifully written. the bully is realistic, the teachers being concerned for Jess while he is grieving instead of being horrible towards him like some other fictional stories like to do. The parents and their growth. twisting the manic pixie dream girl trope on its head.... I dont know its just really well put together and emotionally driven

This movie will always hold a special place in my heart because I remember it being the first time that the concept of death fully registered with me. I was seven years old when I watched Bridge to Terebithia on DVD with my family and that last third of the movie wrecked me every which way to Sunday, I was practically sobbing in my mom's arms the rest of the movie. ❤😭

Man this movie stuck with me ever since i was a kid, i remember after Leslie died i teared up a lot and to this day the movie remains to be that only movie that actually made me tear up

I remember my mom letting me rent this from the video store as a "treat" because to make up for something she and her boyfriend did. I went in thinking this movie would be so good and it would make up for a horrible day... boy, was I wrong. I loved the movie but literally cried my eyes out over it. I still cry every time I watch it.

I remember being so absolutely shocked. And waiting for her to miraculously reappear, as happens so often in movies... but she didn't. And then a monster was chasing him through the woods, but turns it out was his dad...

I really liked this movie for portraying how kids sometimes need to escape their home life by acting out fantasy. It was recommended to me by a friend in high school, and we both came from bad households, and both loved to play out fantasy irl, loved reading and writing, playing in the forest, building treehouses, having fake sword fights, and talking about the stories we wrote. Trying to escape our real lives by engaging in our fantasy worlds were it was a bit safer to be and were we could be ourselves for once. The friendship ended when I had to switch schools, but this movie always reminds me of her, and having a friend who gets the need to find fantasy in your own life. Last year I saw her again for the first time at a Renfair, which feels very fitting for what used to be our shared interests.

We watched this in my class in 5th grade and I didn't remember anything but as soon as I saw that rope...

I really felt sad for jess’s younger sister. Besides leslie, she was the only one who wanted to hang out with him and support him. He even followed him and Leslie because she just wanted to hang out with them and have friends. I am glad she got to be the next person to be part of their world.

Man, i had a part time job cleaning cinema rooms when this movie debuted, Never have seen so many kids crying or parents taking off before they fully realized what just happened with Leslie's death. even watching this video now hits kind of hard (forgot how well performed is too. If it is was a crappy actuation u might joke about it, but is so well done is devastating...)

I remember seeing this movie in 5th grade…. Really hit me in the feels now.

Besides Leslie's tragic death and bullies, I feel bad for ipad kids because they're gonna miss their childhood and they'll regrets their decisions.

This movie left me crying for an entire hour when I was a child. I literally could not stop crying. I remember calling my mom to tell her I had watched Terabithia and she consoled me the best she could. I've never cried harder at anything in my life.