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Summary: An intelligent family film, at last
Review: I'm always on the lookout for good family films, and I thought this was one of the best films of 1998, period. Nothing offensive to the ear (except for one minor swear word) or to the brain, this treats its audience as intelligently as it treats its wonderful source material. A surprise and a delight!
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Summary: Great Kids' Movie!
Review: In a day and age when adults are stealing kids' innocence by producing movies that are dark and often disturbing (see the mixed reviews of the animated "Madeline in Paris"), this is a refreshing delight. No, it's not for adults, it's for kids, so the Hollywood reviewers need to let the kids decide if it has merit! My 3 daughters LOVE IT! My four year old watches it regularly, and I can actually listen to it in the background without getting tired of it!
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Summary: Great Kids' Movie!
Review: In a day and age when adults are stealing kids' innocence by producing movies that are dark and often disturbing (see the mixed reviews of the animated "Madeline in Paris"), this is a refreshing delight. No, it's not for adults, it's for kids, so the Hollywood reviewers need to let the kids decide if it has merit! My 3 daughters LOVE IT! My four year old watches it regularly, and I can actually listen to it in the background without getting tired of it!
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Summary: Boarding-school japes in France!
Review: It is heartening to know that people are still making films of this type. This is in the style of Happiest Days Of Their Lives or the St.Trinians films, but with younger girls. It therefore ditches any sort of sexuality in favour of a rather charming innocence. Even the teacher is a nun, rather than an Alistair Sim type. Having said that, these girls are no Von-Trapp angels. Director Daisy Von Scherler Meyer avoids the pitfall of casting precocious showbiz children and choses (mainly) sweet little girls who can act. The main plot about the girls trying to keep their school from being sold by crusty old aristocrat Nigel Hawthorne is spiced up with a kidnap caper which stops things wearing thin. On the whole, a good one to watch with younger children.
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Summary: It`s soooooooooo funny and great!!
Review: I` a kid and love this movie!!!I can see the Eifeell Tower in the background next to the school.I wonder if it`s actually in Paris!!I`d like to be in a madeline movie and put on a redhead wig and star as madeline!!!Watch this movie and you`ll love Madeline as if it were your family!!!
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Summary: Sweet and Charming Children's Movie
Review: Madeline is a slight but utterly charming film taken from the children's books by Ludwig Bemelmas. It does not possess the dramatic content of The Secret Garden or A Little Princess, but it's free of the cynicism of the modern five-year old, as in The Rugrats Movie. It has an innocence which is downright old-fashioned. I liked it, and I am cynical and somewhat over the age of five.Aren't the best stories about little girls often about orphans? That's what bright, adorable eight-year old Madeline is, as are her eleven schoolmates in a small private school in Paris. Usually the students dress alike, but they have several outfits. There are some wonderfully colorful scenes of the young ladies exploring the City of Lights. All have distinct personalities, which causes them to disagree on many subjects. This makes for some charming bits of dialog. In charge of this group is the wise and tolerant nun, Miss Clavell, and the cold, lonely Lord Covington, whom the girls refer to by such names as Lord Coo Coo Face. These two characters are played by an American treasure, Francis McDormand, and a British one, Nigel Hawthorne. McDormand won an Oscar for Best Actress in Fargo, while Hawthorne was nominated for Best Actor in The Madness of King George. This picture is more of a holiday than an acting job for these major talents, but it's always nice to see them. Madeline is spirited and exuberant. She gets into one mess after another. She winds up in the hospital, falls into the River Seine, nearly destroys the Spanish Embassy, smuggles a dog into the school and finds herself accidentally kidnapped by circus clowns. As directed by Daisy Von Scherler Mayer and portrayed by the delightful Hatty Jones, Madeline is never seen as a bad girl. She's simply a very bright and curious one. The plot may be old hat and predictable, but the film is handled in such a light and lyrical style that I doubt many children will care. It's so professionally done that most adults caught having to sit through it should find it a pleasant hour and a half. Filmed on location in Paris, it is indeed lovely to look at. Madeline got overlooked at the boxoffice in a very crowded 1998. Besides the already mentioned Rugrats, we were treated to three other animated film events - Antz, A Bug's Life and The Prince of Egypt. Hopefully, the less ambitious Madeline will find the audience it deserves on DVD. Rated PG for a reason called "momentary language". If anyone knows what this phrase means, please let me know.
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Summary: Wonderful movie!
Review: My 7 year old daughter and I saw Madeline at the movies and can't wait for the video! I rarely buy videos, but this is a must have. Every little girl should see Madeline. It's very clean, action packed, funny and touching all rolled into one. My daughter spoke with a French accent for weeks after seeing the movie.
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Summary: Not as good as the animated movies
Review: My daughter is a hugh Madeline fan and loves the animated movies. Neither one of us liked this movie. It tried to put in segments from the book as well as have a new story line and the combination did not work. Your time would be better spent on the short animated movies or reading the books.
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Summary: I loooooooove this vido it was so good
Review: my favorite movies were in 94, 65,61,9
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Summary: A fun adventure movie for children
Review: My four-year-old daughter loves this movie. When I returned the rented version to the video store, she was so disappointed that I've decided to buy the video. I rarely buy videos, but I think this will be one of those movies that she'll want to watch again and again. (She watched it four times while we had it from the video store.) I highly recommend this movie.
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