Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic story, adapted in 1939 with Shirley Temple as a young girl using her faith in magic to overcome hardships in a boarding school, gets a fresh retelling in this stunnin...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 18, 1997
Stats: 7,415 reviews
"Every girl everwhere is a princess."
A young girl is relegated to servitude at a boarding school when her father goes missing and is presumed dead.REVIEW
Almost but not quite in the same lea...( read more)
I'm many are not aware this film was directed by Alfonso Cuarón. After seeing the film, this should be obvious. The cinematography is sumptuous and the story line is classic and moving.
watched clips weird and the girls were so annoying the father was handsome and i got scared when she nearly fell off the wall
This remake 1939's The Little Princess. It's based on children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. When her beloved father named Captain Crewe (Liam Cunningham) enlists to fight for the British in World War I leaves Sara Crewe (Liesel Matthews) childhood home in India s to New Yo...( read more)
This film is my favorite film and can always make me cry. I love it so much as it's such a sweet film and shows the hardships of war and how everyone's lives are affected by it. I hate Miss Munchkin as she is horrible to the girls yet appears nice to the outside world. The way sh...( read more)
A lovely re-telling of this classic children's novel. The story is simple and effective and directed well by Cuaron. The cast of children are good and Matthews does a nice job in the title role. A film for all the family to enjoy. Who would have guessed Cuaron would go on to dire...( read more)
The parts that get me ever time are when a) she is in the atic and calling for her papa, and b) when she see's her dad but he doesn't remember her! oh god, i'm crying just thinking about it!
OMG i cry every time i see this film it is so sad and happy at the same time
HER DAD IS SUPPOSED TO DIE!!! SHE IS SUPPOSED TO GO LIVE WITH HER DAD'S BFF!! RRRGGGHHH! although i will say that it turned out really well despite the differences (like have miss minchin's school in new york? who's bright idea was that??)
i am actually in the stage adaption of the play as miss minchin at rocky mountain theater for kids, and in the end of the play, sarah's father is still dead, and she ends up going off with her dad's best friend. i was a little dissapointed when i read through the script and found out that her dad isnt really alive like in the movie.
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