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Liesel Matthews, Liam Cunningham, Vanessa Lee Chester, Eleanor Bron, Heather DeLoach

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Erin Mileur

During the making of Gone of Thrones Carice van Houten (Melisandre) came up to Liam Cunningham after having worked together for a while and said to him “Oh my god your Papa me and my sister watched The Little Princess at least once a week when we were younger.”

Erin Mileur

Alfonso Cuaron has said in interviews that this is the favorite of all the movies he has directed.

Rob Bob

I’m truly shocked this film underperformed at the box office and wasn’t a runaway hit on home video. It’s sooo good! I mean I get that the title doesn’t provoke excitement outside of fans of the original, and little girls, but word of mouth and stellar reviews should’ve pushed its popularity.

Clare Manion

What a treat! (Thank you Tanya!) I absolutely *adored* this movie as a kid. Still do. Can't wait to hear what you think :)

ScarlettMi

Alfonso Cuarón also directed Roma, Children of Men, and Y tu mamá también.

HereBeMeghan

OMG, core childhood movie for me!

Clare Manion

Oh man, it was so much fun to revisit this. And I'm glad you guys enjoyed it! A small detail you might have missed (I only just caught it now myself) but at the very end, the sign on the school states "The Randolph School for Girls" - totally different from whatever it was at the beginning. I'm pretty sure Randolph is the man next door (in the wheelchair), which means he bought it, and is clearly turning things around for the better. Also - I love how your commentary at the end went from A Little Princes to 'Elon, wear a hat.' 10/10, no notes 🤣

dys

I saw this in theaters when I was 8, I'd read the book and I'd seen the Shirley Temple movie already. From what I remember the "British government took his assets" is simplifying the reason she became penniless, in the book it was something like all her dad's money was invested in his friend's diamond mine that failed. The demon Ravana from the story she tells (the Ramayana) just looks like dated CGI now but it scared the crap out of me back then. One of the coolest things I visited in Malaysia was the Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur, and in one of the caves they have a whole series of statues depicting the Ramayana epic.

Mathilde

It's not easy to spot but Rama and Sita in Sara's story are played by the same actors who play her parents, another lovely parallel. Liesel Matthews (Sara) also sings the song at the end. She's a talented actress but sadly she only did this and Air Force One. She's an heiress (Wyatt Hotels and Royal Caribbean cruises) so she doesn't need to work but I still wish she did more movies, she's so luminous onscreen!

vala p

The scene where Ram Dass transforms the room and the girls wake up in immense comfort is one of my favorite in any book/ movie. It's so cool.

WhitneyG

This movie started my obsession with the color green 😂 and yellow roses

acidnova

Having the character named Sara is appropriate as the name means "princess." I grew up with the Shirley Temple version and still adore that one. This came out when I was 14 and I think I didn't watch it until my 20s but I do think it's delightful. I also read the book at some point in my late 20s and enjoyed it. The fantasy stories she tells are an addition that this movie made. The book and the Shirley Temple version are more realistic. In the book, Sara's father does not go to war but lost his memory due to illness. In the Shirley Temple movie, he fights in the Boer War. In both the book and Shirley Temple version, the story is set in Victorian London. My memory of the book is not very strong so I can't really think of what other differences there are. But aside from the fantasy sequences, the two movies are very similar, though Sara reunites with her father in a hospital and not at the next door neighbor's. Also, in the Shirley Temple version, instead of "cursing" the mean girl, she straight up dumps a bucket of soot over the girl's head. It's great! As a side note: due to how many tv stations back in the day might have bought copies of earlier movies, many of us who grew up seeing the Shirley Temple version on tv saw it in black and white, even if we had color tvs. Many stations only had black and white copies of the movie to show. However, the movie itself was actually shot in technicolor. But for me, seeing it that way feels so wrong, like I'm watching a "colorized" version even though that's not the case. I was watched the movie on my laptop and changed my screen settings to black and white so that it would match what I remembered as a kid. It's a strange thing but I don't think I'm alone in feeling that way.

Youtalkingtome

This was delightful. I enjoyed every second of this movie

Youtalkingtome

I bet that felt awesome for him. This movie was outstanding

Youtalkingtome

That really bums me out that it wasn't a financial success

Alex

If you recognise the girl it's probably because she was Harrison Ford's daughter in Air Force One.

Joy M

Still loyal to the original with Shirley Temple,

lee

I have my issues with Cuarón (the propaganda film he directed for Autism Speaks is so demonising and ableist that it feels like pure evil), but I can never deny that his eye for gorgeous design and lighting and his near pathological obsession with the colour green make for a lot of movie magic. This film's imagery and emotion are burned into my brain from seeing it as a child and it was pretty great to revisit it and see you guys experience it for the first time. It's hard to reconcile the warmth, love, and humanity of a film like this with the cruelty and bigotry of Cuarón's work for Autism Speaks, but art and artist can often be worlds apart. The hatred and dehumanisation he displayed towards autistic children (including his own son) with that "PSA" is much more in line with a character like Miss Minchin than Sarah. I guess he was able to understand Minchin as a villain because her cruelty is directed at neurotypical children. If she were exclusively abusing disabled children I wonder if he'd suddenly find her nuanced and redeemable. That being said, if you're interested in another classic text that got Cuarónified (and utterly drenched in every shade of green), his take on Great Expectations is visually strong but doesn't compare to this film in terms of heart and storytelling. I still rewatch it occasionally because one thing you can say about Caurón is that he knows how to make a lush, atmospheric, and spectacular looking movie. The cast is also quite stacked and it has a great soundtrack so it's an interesting watch for multiple reasons. Also, if I'm not mistaken, at the 1:12:08 mark here (and again at 1:17:37), you can hear the same stock tiger growl sound effect that appears in practically every Buffy episode whenever a vampire snarls. Great reaction as always!

JustALilTired

Love that you recognized Papa (Liam Cunningham)as Ser Davos from GoT right away, I grew up on this movie and it blew my mind when I found out that was the same actor. There is an incredibly sweet interview about how Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei on GoT) made that discovery on set and started calling him Papa in awe 🥰 The book this is based on has a less Hollywood ending but they both have the same wonderful message about hope and kindness, worth a read although there are some insensitive elements considering it was about an Englishman pre WWI who had an estate in India 😳

GemmaBeeBee

In the book Sara’s father does actually die. He goes into business with a long time childhood friend and dies thinking the friend defrauded him. At the end of the book it was the ‘Indian Gentleman’ or her father’s old friend who is looking for Sara and saves her from Minchin. He loved her father, the business he invested in (diamond mines) was real but almost failed hence her father thinking he was cheated - now its recovered and she is basically the Victorian version of a billionaire. The Indian gentleman has been searching for her to make it up to her for love of her father and once he finds her he loves Sara as her father’s child and adopts her.

acidnova

Thanks! I did not remember all that! But it's been a long time since I read it, and I only read it one time whereas I've seen the films multiple times.

Annie519

This is a film that I watched a lot as a kid. A fun thing, back then when you bought the VHS a locket was inside the sleeve, I just remember thinking that was so cool, lol. And I used to cry every time when she's crying for her dad when she finds out that he "died" and at the end when he doesn't remember her and their reunion. I thought Sara set such a great example for kids, she was a great character and I know I looked up to her. I like that the bully isn't too bad, yes she's a brat but she could have also been way worse. I think she was only being that way to get on Minchini's good side, she clearly thrived on bullying and took pleasure when others did it too. I mean, it did give her Sara's old room. I always loved that her dad instantly took in Becky, he already was hugging her even though he didn't even know her yet. She deserved a happy ending too. It was also very smart to have her dad also play Rama, it was very fitting. He was always her hero. The CGI is a bit dated but I think it fits, it's not meant to be real and her imagination. It didn't need to be realistic.