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To oblige her father's wishes, India-born gentleman's daughter Sarah Crewe enters a boarding school in England where she is given lavish accommodations and whatever she desires. A tragedy in India strips Sarah of her wealth and she ends up sharing a rat-infested attic room with scullery maid Becky. Good fortune is on its way to find Sarah, but as school headmistress Miss Minchin is very much determined to keep her misdeeds hidden, Sarah might not live to relish it. (Source: TFC) ~~ Adapted from the novel "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Edit Translation

  • English
  • Українська
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Country: Philippines
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Jun 7, 1995
  • Duration: 2 hr. 7 min.
  • Score: 7.8 (scored by 27 users)
  • Ranked: #107128
  • Popularity: #99999
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Overall 6.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
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I swear they turned Sarah into Jesus....

I first came to know about this film around 2016/17 when I first read the novel "A Little Princess." Like other classics ("Pride and Prejudice," "Wuthering Heights," "Anne of Green Gables," etc.), I like watching all the different adaptations to see how the story can be interpreted differently. For "A Little Princess," I watched the 1917 silent film, the 1939 Shirley Temple movie, the 1985 anime, the 1986 British miniseries (the most faithful), the 1995 American film (my personal favorite), and the J-drama "Shokojo Seira" (interesting and I would recommend it). Yes, there's a lot. The Filipino version alluded me. I was unable to find anywhere, let alone with subtitles. Well, I finally found it but....

Unfortunately, I feel like I set up this movie to fail. I had built it up in my mind over the last several years. I believe I would've had the same complaints, but it feels like I was let down personally... Anyway, with that out of the way, let's get on to the issues.

The movie is set in 1890 England with the school being a castle in the countryside instead of a modest home on the streets of London. It being a Filipino movie, this seems strange at first but you get used to it quickly. The first forty minutes is dedicated to Sarah's school life, which I feel takes too long and focuses too much on her schoolmates. Besides Sarah, the other child actors aren't very good and it's sometimes painful to watch. The movie picks up slightly with Sarah's fall from grace, but soon becomes crazy with the last twenty or so minutes.

My main issue with the movie is Miss Minchin. Not the acting, but the writing. She has no proper motivations for hating Sarah at all, which would be fine if she doesn't have a "redemption" at the end. I mean redemption very loosely because all she does is thank Sarah for not sending her to jail... And this is what I mean by them turning Sarah into Jesus. The movie has a distinct religious undertone. I believe Filipinos are very heavily Catholic so this makes sense. However, the religion becomes a problem at the end of the film. Sarah grants forgiveness to those who wronged her without anyone receiving punishment. It's fine to teach children to forgive like Jesus, but that should come hand-in-hand with justice (if possible).

The movie makes several other changes to the source material. It takes inspiration from the anime (which was very popular in the Philippines). If you've seen the anime, you'll be able to spot the references in the movie. These changes and other small cultural changes didn't bother me as adaptations need changes. To conclude, I mostly enjoyed this movie until the end. The ending just annoyed me too much!

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  • Movie: Sarah, the Little Princess
  • Country: Philippines
  • Release Date: Jun 7, 1995
  • Duration: 2 hr. 7 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.8 (scored by 27 users)
  • Ranked: #107128
  • Popularity: #99999
  • Watchers: 46

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