I had to watch this movie several times when I was younger. It was mainly a case of adults thinking "hey look its a kid movie, kids will like it." I saw this at least 4x at school because of this. This movie is really boring. I don't see how any child would be consistently entertained throughout the whole thing. All I remember is some bad acting, bad effects, and a story worse than what was originally in the book. I also remember being really bored. I wouldn't recommend this movie.

A great film for kids, although if you have read the book or seen the animated version you will enjoy it too, but if not you will fell kind of out of place at the beginning but will spend a good time then. A movie that teaches about how strong a friendship can be no matter what. It was a very good adaptation, everything is just as it is, the characters, the scenery. It has some funny moments and it is also very touching and emotional, for example in the scene when Charlotte dies you might drop a tear or two. The effects are very good also, its like the animals really could talk. The cast is good, Dakota Fanning's performance was good, she is one of the best young actresses nowadays. The voices were great every character voice was a good actor or at least someone famous, Julia Roberts as Charlotte, John Cleese as one of the Sheep, Oprah as the goose, Kathy Bates and Reba McEntire as the cows and in my opinion the best one of all was Steve Buscemi as the rat

For anyone who's read the book or seen the original animated version, this film will be a big disappointment. Unlike other reviewers, I thought the script was filled lines that were trying to be sarcastic like a TV sitcom. Even the performances of veteran actors such as John Cleese couldn't save the dialogue. Templeton and Wilbur were the best characters, but Julia Roberts' Charlotte was extremely flat an unappealing. I would have preferred if she had tried to find her own voice instead of trying to mimic the original film. Dakota Fanning was adorable and terribly underused. There was no relationship between she and Wilbur after the webs appeared. She simply became background. The worst thing about the film was the overall message. Even my 7 year old said "Gee, I guess if you can't get a medal on that farm you just get eaten.". Yep. That's pretty much it. Outside of the lovely animation, I was terribly disappointed. And so was my family. Give this one a miss and rent the original instead. Or better yet... read the book.

I rented this movie last night and just finished watching it. It was excellent in every way it was done. I also own the cartoon version and love that one too. Eventually I will buy this version on DVD and watch it pretty often. Some movies that I have seen that has been done from a cartoon version are not all that great but this one was and I really enjoyed it from beginning to end. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone; and not just kids either. Just like the cartoon version, I laughed and I cried at the same exact parts with some differences between the two but other than that; I really loved this movie and look forward to owning it soon on DVD to watch all over again.