Clotilde Chinnici Loud and Clear Reviews Aug 19, 2025 4/5

Overall, A Little Princess is a masterclass in magical realism, which also happens to be one of the genres Alfonso Cuarón excels in.

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Anthony Puccinelli Chicago Reader Jun 7, 2022 3/4

I’d advise all parents, even all grown-ups: Go.

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Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) Apr 30, 2020 9/10

One of the most well-crafted, magical family films ever made

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Jan 29, 2019 3.5/4

Purely innocent, whimsical, and imaginative.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Sep 18, 2013 9/10

One of the very best children's movies of the past quarter-century.

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Film4 Staff Film4 May 27, 2011

Cuaron finds the perfect style for this trusted formula; what could have been routine kids' stuff flourishes with his sure feeling for space, light and colour.

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Caroline Westbrook Empire Magazine May 27, 2011 4/5

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.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader May 27, 2011

The film uses studio resources to create an entrancing world both in New York and in the heroine's fantasies about India.

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Common Sense Media Editors Common Sense Media Jan 1, 2011 4/5

Wonderful movie of a lonely girl's triumph.

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Todd McCarthy Variety Jun 10, 2008

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.

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Boyd van Hoeij european-films.net Apr 2, 2007 4/5

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Wally Hammond Time Out Feb 9, 2006

An exemplary version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel.

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Mel Valentin eFilmCritic.com Aug 29, 2005 3/5

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 7, 2005 4/5

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Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat Mar 24, 2005 5/5

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Janet Maslin New York Times Aug 30, 2004 4/5

A bright, beautiful and enchantingly childlike vision.

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Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Nov 7, 2003 5/5

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Dan Lybarger Nitrate Online Jul 28, 2003 5/5

A truly captivating children's film that never got its due in the theaters.

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Audrey Rock-Richardson Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) May 16, 2003 4/5

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