A Little Princess

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Summary: Inspiring Story!
Review: A Little Princess, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett was an inspiring story teaching a valuable lesson. Sara Crewe had everything she ever wanted when she went off to boarding school in London. Her fashionable dresses, high quality jewelery, and numerous accessories made her one of the elite. Sara's life was almost perfect, until her eleventh birthday, when a devastating tragedy occurred changing her life forever. Sara received news very abruptly that her father had died, leaving her "penniless". Sara's teacher, Ms. Minchin despised her because she had become poor, and treated her cruely. Now Sara must face her troubles and prove to everyone that she can be strong and perservere through her difficult times.
This book's moral states that everyone can be a princess when they put their minds to it. Being a princess is not about the fame and fortune, but about how you act in the situation into which you have been placed. You can be kind, or you can be mean; you can be content, or you can be greedy; you can be upset, or you can be optimistic. The book really relates to people who are going thruogh tough times in their lives and need reasurance and confidence.

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Summary: My Favorite Movie of all Time!!
Review: When I first saw this movie I fell in love with it. Sara's is not like most girls, she is kind and loving to everyone even the sevent girl, Becky. Even thou Mrs. Minchen says they are not to talk to her sara dose not care she is kind to her.
After her father is thought to be dead sara is forst to be a sevent girl, and becomes really close to Becky.
It is my favorite movie because Sara never loseshope and it is true All girls are Princess

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Summary: Amazing book!
Review: When I was around 6 years old my mother rented the movie, "A Little Princess". Of course, being that young I didn't really like or appreciate it and never really wanted to read the book. A few years later my sister bought the book which she read and really liked, but I still didn't want to read it. Just a few years ago I saw a play that my high school put on, A Little Princess, and I loved it! Right when I got home I started to read the book, and finished it by the next day. It's one of the best books I have ever read!

The book is about a little girl named Sara Crewe, who's father was a Captain in India. She is sent to Miss Minchin's bording school in England where she is surrounded in weath, friends and her big imagination. On her 11th birthday she learns something really sad... her father, the dearest person in the world to her, died due to brain fever & being cheated of all his money. Miss Minchin then makes Sara into a maid because she has no money left, and she has to sleep in the attic with all the mice and roaches...

There is so much more to the story than that so don't worry if I said to much. Don't do as I did, and read the book as soon as you finish reading this review, you won't be sorry! Oh, and by the way, once you finished reading this book, try some of the other books by Frances Hodgson Burnett, she rights tons of other really great books too!

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Summary: My all-time FAVORITE
Review: This movie is amazing. I remember seeing it a few years ago and have always wanted to buy it. I was so excited when I found it on here. This movie is too good to pass up. It is perfect for little girls to watch. My dad always called me his little princess, so this movie stuck out to me. It's just too cute!

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Summary: Touching story; breathtaking cinematography
Review: Not only is the story of Sara Crewe heart-warming and beautiful, but this particular film version is visually magnificent. I watch this film quite frequently because it's so completely wonderful: the mood is conveyed perfectly through the performances, the beautiful setting, and the incredible cinematography. It leaves the viewer with such a wonderful feeling when the viewing is done. Additionally, this film has one of the best soundtracks ever, which I also own and which gets regular rotation in my CD collection.

A Little Princess can be appreciated by any lover of film, as well as by any little girl who loves a good tale. This is an excellent film, and is well worth the low purchase price. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: Loved It!
Review: I loved this movie.It happens to be one of my favorite.I just loved it!I have to own it.It will make you cry,laugh,feel remoresful,sad,happy,almost any feeling you can think of.I enjoyed it.

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Summary: Lovely movie, though different from the book
Review: Both this movie and the book are very enjoyable, but they are also VERY different, so if you love the book you should probably enjoy the movie as an independent masterpiece.

In the book Sara is a strong-minded girl who believes that she should behave like a real princess, kind and calm and polite, even when facing severe adversities and insufferable people. She also loves to pretend that things are better than they looks like, which gives her strength in the most desolate circumstances. Overall the Sara in the book has a very distinct character that makes the book very intriguing and helpful, but she appears so much older than her real age that she doesn't look very realistic (but that does not make the novel less enjoyable).

In the movie, Sara is closer to girls in real life. She is still as soothing and kind as in the novel, but she does lose her strength and calmness momentarily, even does some mischief, just like an ordinary child. The prevailing message in the movie is rather "all girls are princesses, whether they are ... or ...", which roughly means the same as "all people are born equal", as portrayed by Sara's friendship with not-so-clever Ermengarde, not-so-young Amelia, black servant Becky, Indian servant Ram Dass, poor people in the streets, the rats in the attic, and even the not-so-friendly Lavinia at the end. This theme is very different from the one in the book, but it stands on its own. In the movie Sara also pretends or "make believes", but the portrayal of these things seems to be a bit weak --- anyway it is hard to make these things believable in a movie. The scene where Sara hugs Lavinia for their reconcilation at the end is really touching, but I don't particular like that end for Miss Minchin. Making such an old woman do such drudgery is a bit less than humane, and she really isn't THAT bad anyway, just rather snobbish and cold-hearted like many other businssmen. I prefer that she gets some other job that doesn't involve dealing with other people, such as accounting or typewriting, where the wickedness in her character won't do any harm.

Enough for the movie's plot and you can see that I have mixed feelings about that. However, as far as picture and sound quality is concerned this movie is really a masterpiece. The colors are vivid, the music rememberable, and the snow dance scene is beautiful beyond imagination. These make the movie worthy just for its "loveliness".

Note that this review is based on the translated Video CD version of the movie, which is the only version available in mainland China, but I think everything in this review should also be relevent for the original DVD version.

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Summary: Very Good, But Some Problems
Review: This movie is very cute and I enjoy watching each new time. Except recently I saw it again and got rather annoyed with some of the changes from the book. In the movie her father is a captain in the army and stationed originally in India. This makes sense that he would be fairly well-off since British military in India made good money. But where on earth does all of his property and assets come from? Besides, how did he happen to end up in an American hospital if he is a member of the British military? How did the American soldier, John, end up in the same regiment as him? There were other quirks in the film, also. This doesn't destroy the movie, though. It just makes it a little harder for a fan of the book to enjoy it fully.

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Summary: a little princess
Review: "I am a Princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they live in rags. Even if they aren't pretty, or young, or smart, they're still princesses. All of us! Didn't your father ever tell you that? Didn't he?"
Well no. My Dad didn't call me a princess, and never will. But after seeing this movie, I was really beginning to wish I was. "A Little Princess" is quite simply amazing. It is the most magical family movie there is. I just can't recommend it high enough. I saw this at the movie theater, 7 times and it is quite easily my favorite film of all time.
Set in 1914, "A Little Princess" tells the story of a girl called Sara who goes to a strict boarding school while her father from England goes to fight the War. The school is run by a mean spirited head teacher called Miss Minchin. From the start, Miss Minchin is jealous of Sara who considers herself to be a princess. After all, her Papa has told her that she will always be his little princess. Despite the harshness of Miss Minchin, Sara continues to fill those around her with magic as she tells stories to them of a beautiful princess and her prince.
The emotion begins early in this movie, firstly being when Sara and her Papa say goodbye as he goes into war. Midway through the movie Sara hears that her Papa has been killed in battle. I have to say, when I watched this I was gone. Ok I wasn't gone yet, but I was holding the tears in. Actress Liesel Matthews who plays Sara is so genuine, and director Alfonso Cuaron definitely brings out the best in her. It is at the end which is complimented by the music of Patrick Doyle, that I really did feel a few tears going by my face. It happened just after Sara realized she may truly have lost her father forever.

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Summary: A good story
Review: This is an absolutely wonderful, beautiful movie. It only has 1 flaw: it's not entirely faithful to the book. In the movie, Sara and Becky are accused of stealing the the things that the "magic"
brought and are therefore forced to cross a narrow plank seperating the school from the Indian Gentleman's house in the rain to escape the police. this is exciting,but it doesn't happen in the book. I'm giving it 5 stars anyway because it is
an absolutley beautiful movie and it is the director's call to decide to tweak things. I reccommend watching it because Sara Crewe is the nicest princess you'll ever find