The Little Prince
Based on the 1943 novel by Antoine de Saint Exupery. The Little Prince tell the story of A Little Girl meets an eccentric old Aviator who tells her a fantastic tale about a boy called 'the Little Prince', whom he supposedly encountered in a desert when his plane crashed. And it's where The Little Girl rediscovers her childhood and learns that ultimately, it's human connections that matter most, and that what's truly essential can only be seen with the heart.
29 March 1948, New Rochelle, New York, USA
17 February 1946, Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
25 June 1961, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
22 August 1973, Paris, France
17 November 1978, London, Ontario, Canada
6 April 1969, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
8 November 1973, Vénissieux, Rhône, France
10 November 2000, USA
19 April 1978, Palo Alto, California, USA
15 April 1969, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
July 28, 1938 in Paris, France
January 20, 2017
It's the interaction of a sanguine realism with a celebration of the liberating effect of the imagination that makes the magic happen. That, and the exquisite animation.November 29, 2016
Perhaps it's best to think of it less as an adaptation and more as an appreciation of what the book has meant to the world since its initial publication.August 05, 2016
Director Mark Osborne [achieves] some charming effects... But the computer-animated portions that function as a real-world framing device are more tedious than fanciful.September 08, 2016
A very intelligent update of a classic that contributes by creating a whole new world. [Full review in Spanish]August 04, 2016
"The Little Prince" is really a movie within a movie; the author's delicate, fanciful story is folded into a harsh, modernist commentary on depersonalization and conformity in the contemporary workplace.August 05, 2016
No child, or adult, for that matter, will be able to resist the considerable charm of The Little Prince.March 21, 2017
We need more movies like this -- for children and adults.August 04, 2016
There are only a few ... delightful moments in an otherwise muddled movie that feels like three films ineptly grafted together.January 17, 2017
This film, directed by Mark Osborne is multi-layered, with a story about a writer, an aviator, the Little Prince, and a young, modern day girl, who becomes friends with the aviator and who searches for the Little Prince told in the aviator's story.August 09, 2016
If Saint-Exupéry offered readers a petite, queer-tasting square of some delicate cake they'd never heard of, Netflix has served up a familiar, fragrant, well-balanced meal.September 26, 2016
It is deeply personal and profoundly moving, a sensitive and affecting portrait of humanity.