a great lesson on barnyard life for kids as told through the eyes of a pig named Wilbur, the runt of the litter destined to be slaughtered in the smoke house, until the farmer’s daughter, Fern (Dakota Fanning) makes him her pet. But when Wilbur is no longer allowed to live in the house, he’s left to cohabitate in a barn with a goose (voice of Oprah Winfrey), Templeton the rat (voice of Steve Buscemi), Samuel the Sheep (John Cleese), Ike the Horse (voice of Robert Redford) and a host of other animals with celebrity voices all too numerous to name. But it’s a philosophical spider named Charlotte (voice of Julia Roberts) that saves Wilbur from being Christmas dinner. A wonderfully inspiring and old-fashioned tale for young and old, but just know that your children will never eat bacon again. Three tiaras
