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FILM DETAILS

Certificate U

Cast Eleanor Bron Liam Cunningham Liesel Matthews

Directors Alfonso Cuaron

Screenwriters Richard LaGravenese Elizabeth Chandler Richard LaGravenese

Running Time 97 minutes

A Little Princess
Captivating modern fairy tale

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Plot
Lodged at a foreboding New York boarding school during WWI, an inventive little girl wins friends with her talent for reciting tales of ancient India, but soons earns antipathy from a frightful headmistress.

Verdict
Soppy and girlish in the extreme, this should keep even the tiniest viewer rapt, while all too many adults may fall victim to an inexplicable bout of eye-watering long before the closing credits.


Reviewed by Caroline Westbrook

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