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      A Little Princess

      G Released May 10, 1995 1h 37m Kids & Family Drama List
      97% 37 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 100,000+ Ratings Audience Score 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. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 30 Buy Now

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      Alfonso Cuarón adapts Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel with a keen sense of magic realism, vividly recreating the world of childhood as seen through the characters.

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      Blu B All Time Classic. It masterfully blends a fantasy elements with a moving drama. The setting is beautiful, the camerawork is great, the asetics are amazing save for the Mortal Kombat Annihilation CGI but it's a small point. Everything else is masterful especially Becky & Sarah who are amazing to watch. The story is charming, moving, sincere, and even though you can see the ending coming the whole way it's so well executed it doesn't really matter at all. It fully embraces it rather than trying to hide it. Everyone should give this a try once, Kids will love this especially. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/19/23 Full Review StephenPaul C The greatest 01 hour: and 37 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/05/23 Full Review Cameron L Wow! Just wow! Very surreal and very beautifully and chanting at the very same time! Plus it's a hell of a tearjerker Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/13/23 Full Review steve d It didn't work at all for me even as a child. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Jeffrey R How in the world does this have a 97 critics score? It was actually the most far-fetched and wacky thing I've seen in a while. I don't recommend it if you're over 5. Also, the CGI is actually an atrocity. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/19/22 Full Review fay w I literally broke watching the movie, like, it was so good and so sad. I ended up cry-laughing out of pure happiness and sadness at the end of the movie. Best movie ever! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Anthony Puccinelli Chicago Reader I’d advise all parents, even all grown-ups: Go. Rated: 3/4 Jun 7, 2022 Full Review Caroline Westbrook Empire Magazine 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. Rated: 4/5 May 27, 2011 Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 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 Full Review Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) One of the most well-crafted, magical family films ever made Rated: 9/10 Apr 30, 2020 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Purely innocent, whimsical, and imaginative. Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 29, 2019 Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy One of the very best children's movies of the past quarter-century. Rated: 9/10 Sep 18, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis 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.
      Director
      Alfonso Cuarón
      Producer
      Alan C. Blomquist, Amy Ephron
      Screenwriter
      Frances Hodgson Burnett, Richard LaGravenese, Elizabeth Chandler
      Distributor
      Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros.
      Production Co
      Warner Brothers, Baltimore Pictures
      Rating
      G
      Genre
      Kids & Family, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      May 10, 1995, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 1, 2010
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $9.0M
      Runtime
      1h 37m
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Stereo
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