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A Little Princess

1995

Alfonso Cuarón

Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Rusty Schwimmer ...

6.8

4,972

Drama. Kids When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self- worth. Sara's belief that "every girl's a princess" is tested to the limit, however, when word comes that her father was killed in action and his estate has been seized by the British government. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"[It] achieves something irresistible: a bright, beautiful and enchantingly childlike vision (...) A more joyous, operatic story than it was on the page"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"An astonishing work of studio artifice (...) An exquisite, perfectly played serious fantasy that movingly stresses the importance of magic and the imagination in the scheme of life."	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"It blows most Disney competition out of the water and is enjoyable for grown-ups as well (...) The film uses studio resources to create an entrancing world"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It is well-directed and produced: Cuaron's version of magic realism consists of seeing incredibly fanciful sets and situations in precise detail (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"'A Little Princess' exquisitely re-creates the ephemeral world of childhood (...) [The screenplay] is melodramatic, but never sticky and always suspenseful."	POS
United Kingdom	Caroline Westbrook Empire	"A film as beautifully made and downright enjoyable as this one has true universal appeal (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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