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A Little Princess
After her father's enlisting in the army, the thing that leads him to send her in a special school in England, where she struggles against the headmistress who hates her and wants to make her obey her orders without any protest, Sara Crewe, a young beautiful and intelligent girl, struggles upon receiving the news of her father's death.
24 June 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 August 1981, San Mateo, California, USA
1981, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
11 November 1948, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
2 June 1961, Dublin, Ireland
13 March 1984, Vermillion, South Dakota, USA
24 September 1927, Lee-on-Solent, England, UK
23 December 1966, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
14 March 1938, Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK
September 18, 2013
One of the very best children's movies of the past quarter-century.
May 27, 2011
Cuaron finds the perfect style for this trusted formula; what could have been routine kids' stuff flourishes with his sure feeling for space, light and colour.
February 09, 2006
An exemplary version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel.
January 01, 2011
Wonderful movie of a lonely girl's triumph.
January 01, 2000
It's not only suitable for consumption by those over age 10, it's actually enjoyable.
June 10, 2008
An astonishing work of studio artifice, A Little Princess is that rarest of creations, a children's film that plays equally well to kids and adults.
January 01, 2000
Cuaron's version of magic realism consists of seeing incredibly fanciful sets and situations in precise detail.
August 30, 2004
A bright, beautiful and enchantingly childlike vision.
May 27, 2011
This new version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's children's classic boasts first-rate production values and a political sensitivity befitting the '90s, but it doesn't quite capture the magic of the 1939 Shirley Temple vehicle.
July 28, 2003
A truly captivating children's film that never got its due in the theaters.
May 27, 2011
The film uses studio resources to create an entrancing world both in New York and in the heroine's fantasies about India.
May 27, 2011
Soppy and girlish in the extreme, this should keep even the tiniest viewer rapt, while all too many adults may fall victim to an inexplicable bout of eye-watering long before the closing credits.
