Lovingly and respectfully transformed into a screenplay
by the late Melissa Mathison (who wrote ET), the result is a huge tale that focuses on small things — there are guns, choppers, chases and more, but the biggest set piece, really, is the setting of a table for The BFG to eat a gargantuan breakfast at Buckingham Palace (staffed
by Rafe Spall's amusing footman, Penelope Wilton's magnificent Queen and Rebecca Hall's
curious onlooker).