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A Little Princess, 1995

A Little Princess

English

USA

Rating:7.5
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Profile of A Little Princess

The mood of A Little Princess is feel good, touching, and humorous. The plot centers around self discovery, power relations, and hopes. It is a drama and family movie. In approach, A Little Princess is realistic. The setting is New York. It happens during World War 1. A Little Princess is based on a book. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed.

Summary of A Little Princess

When young Sara (Liesel Matthews) is sent to a boarding school by her well-meaning World War I-bound father (Liam Cunningham), the imaginative girl makes the best of things by entertaining her friends with fanciful tales. After running afoul of the strict headmistress, Miss Minchin (Eleanor Bron), Sara receives some heartbreaking news, and is forced to work in servitude. As she struggles to keep her spirits up, she makes some remarkable discoveries that may change her seemingly bleak fate.

Details

Language: English
Country: USA
Release date: 10 May 1995
Runtime: 97 min

Cast and Crew

Liesel Matthews

as Sara Crewe

Liam Cunningham as Capt. Crewe / Prince Rama in A Little Princess
Liam Cunningham

as Capt. Crewe / Prince Rama

Photos

A Little Princess (1995)
A Little Princess (1995)

Clips

A Little Princess
A Little Princess: Official Trailer

Critics Reviews

The New York Times
Shaking off the solemnity that smothers many a well-meaning, high-minded family film, this one revels in an exuberant sense of play, drawing its audience into the wittily heightened reality of a fairy tale. The material, like the title, is a tad...
TV Guide
And though the new Little Princess is a far darker affair than the 1939 version, Mexican-born director Alfonso Cuaron doesn't make it anywhere near as drab and moody as Agnieszka Holland's more artistically and commercially successful The Secret...

Users Reviews

beautiful
Sara is a little charming girl in a boarding school. She truly believes that "every girl's a princess" and she tells the other girls incredible and colorful stories about a strange land and forbidden love. One day her father die in the war and the...
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