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Sara is sent to a strict boarding school after her father enlists in WWI. When he is presumed dead, the headmistress, knowing she will not receive any more money, forces the girl to become a servant. (G, 97 min.)
12:00 PM
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These FREE screenings are part of MOXIE FLIX, a monthly series focusing on essential films for kids to see before they turn 13. This series was made possible by a grant from the Missouri Arts Council and the Springfield Regional Arts Council.
When young Sara (Liesel Matthews) is sent to a boarding school by her well-meaning World War I-bound father (Liam Cunningham), the imaginative girl makes the best of things by entertaining her friends with fanciful tales. After running afoul of the strict headmistress, Miss Minchin (Eleanor Bron), Sara receives some heartbreaking news, and is forced to work in servitude. As she struggles to keep her spirits up, she makes some remarkable discoveries that may change her seemingly bleak fate. [RT]
Starring: Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Genre(s): Fantasy, Drama, Family
A thorough, spoiler-filled Parent’s Guide can be found here.
"I’d advise all parents, even all grown-ups: Go."
— Anthony Puccinelli, Chicago Reader
"A bright, beautiful and enchantingly childlike vision."
— Janet Maslin, New York Times
"An exemplary version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel."
— Wally Hammond, Time Out
"One of the most well-crafted, magical family films ever made."
— Rachel Wagner, Rachel's Reviews
"A Little Princess is a delightful film. Bring your children, or just bring yourself."
— Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Examiner
"There are moments in A Little Princess when you may just want to clap from pleasure."
— Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"A delightfully enchanting family fantasy, A Little Princess has all the earmarks of a classic."
— Chris Hicks, Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
"An astonishing work of studio artifice, A Little Princess is that rarest of creations, a children's film that plays equally well to kids and adults."
— Todd McCarthy, Variety
"A Little Princess exquisitely re-creates the ephemeral world of childhood, an enchanted kingdom where everything, even make-believe, seems possible."
— Rita Kempley, Washington Post
"The virtues on display are very much those of the heroine: generosity, imagination, charm, and the capacity to keep an audience mesmerized with a good story."
— Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
"Director Alfonso Cuaron, in his first American movie, has fashioned a world so real and so engaging that you can feel it and smell it and taste it as surely as if you were there."
— Hollis Chacona, Austin Chronicle
"With its beautifully crafted starburst of colors and themes spanning its requisite Victorian gravity, A Little Princess is a beguiling little supernova of a movie I can't imagine anyone not loving."
— Jay Carr, Boston Globe
"Cuaron perfectly understands how a combination of simplicity and restraint help to create a sense of wonder on screen. Under his sure, quiet direction, A Little Princess casts the type of spell most family films can only dream about."
— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"From the exquisite costumes to the remarkable set design to the superb performances, this fairy tale comes to life in a way that makes you despair at its ending. But though end it must, its spirit of imagination and its magic of abiding love lingers on."
— Hollis Chacona, Austin Chronicle
