Runtime: 97 min
Rating: G
Appropriate for Ages: All Ages
A Little Princess is a beautiful movie. It's sweet, heartfelt, intelligent, and it doesn't talk down to the audience. I've seen it several times and it brings tears to my eyes every time.
A Little Princess is about a young girl named Sara Crewe who is sent off to the same boarding school that her late mother attended when her wealthy father leaves to fight in the British army. At the school Sara almost immediately clashes with the headmistress Miss Minchin who bans all make-believe on the campus after she finds out that Sara is telling the other girls colorful tales. Sara continues to tell her tales, though late at night when the headmistress is asleep. Then one day Miss Minchin comes to Sara with news that her father has been killed in the war and in order to keep a roof over her head Sara will need to work as a servant and have no further contact with the students. Sara then moves to the dark dirty attic and befriends another servant girl. Although Sara has had everything taken from her at once and she now has to scrub floors and toilets she still hangs on the the belief that her father may still be out there.
A Little Princess is probably one of the most overlooked gems of the 90's. I'd recommend this captivating piece of work be seen by any age group, and I especially think this would make a lovely film for a mother and daughter to watch together.
A Little Princess on IMDB
A Little Princess Trailer on IMDB
If you've seen A Little Princess and enjoyed it you may also like: The Secret Garden, The Little Princess (1939)
, Matilda, Madeline (1998), Black Beauty
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