The Little Prince

Name: The Little Prince
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Family
Released: August 5, 2016
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 70

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Netflix | Release Date: August 5, 2016 | PG

Summary: At the heart of this adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s masterpiece is The Little Girl (Mackenzie Foy), who’s being prepared by her mother (Rachel McAdams) for the very grown-up world in which they live – only to be interrupted by her eccentric, kind-hearted neighbor, The Aviator (Jeff Bridges). The Aviator introduces his new friendAt the heart of this adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s masterpiece is The Little Girl (Mackenzie Foy), who’s being prepared by her mother (Rachel McAdams) for the very grown-up world in which they live – only to be interrupted by her eccentric, kind-hearted neighbor, The Aviator (Jeff Bridges). The Aviator introduces his new friend to an extraordinary world where anything is possible. A world that he himself was initiated into long ago by The Little Prince (Riley Osborne). It’s here that The Little Girl’s magical and emotional journey into the universe of The Little Prince begins. And it’s where The Little Girl rediscovers her childhood and learns that ultimately, it’s human connections that matter most, and that it is only with heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.… Expand

Director: Mark Osborne

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 108 min

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David Wiegand

Mar 9, 2017

The Little Prince is heartbreaking, beautiful and irresistible. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Mar 10, 2016

The audience is invited to celebrate the purified wonder of youth and the dazzle of life’s invisible indispensables. Read full review

Gregory Ellwood

Jun 4, 2015

There is a faith that the story and characters will keep the audience engaged, even if there isn’t a bright and shiny thing to distract them in a every single scene. Read full review

Tim Grierson

May 22, 2015

A paean to the importance of retaining one’s childlike enthusiasm, the animated The Little Prince is itself a charmingly innocent film, lacking some of the storytelling and design sophistication of its Pixar and Dreamworks competitors but nonetheless delivering a sweet, likeable tale. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Aug 4, 2016

The novella’s tale of the power of love is essentially a graceful story within that larger, clunkier contemporary story, beautifully rendered in stop motion. It’s enchanting, painterly and timeless, befitting the iconic French classic, with a style that feels both fresh and appropriately reverential. Read full review

David Ehrlich

Aug 4, 2016

The Little Prince is probably too opaque for children, and it’s definitely too strained for adults, but it’s still refreshing to see a movie that flies with the untamed, sometimes illogical creative impulses of its target audiences. Read full review

John Bleasdale

May 22, 2015

Osborne, who initially got his kicks with Kung Fu Panda, doesn't trust his source material and the film becomes about collecting the pages of the story and the effect the story might have on the people who hear it, rather than the telling of the story itself. Read full review

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HealingToolbox1

Aug 8, 2016

Pretty amazing. I reserve "10" for movies that are both competent on multiple levels AND contain acknowledgement of the spiritual, aspirational part of human beings. This film meets my criteria for a 10.

I do agree with the review saying the film is more a tribute to the book and toPretty amazing. I reserve "10" for movies that are both competent on multiple levels AND contain acknowledgement of the spiritual, aspirational part of human beings. This film meets my criteria for a 10.

I do agree with the review saying the film is more a tribute to the book and to those who have loved the book, than a movie OF the book. I also agree if Pixar had made it, it could have been more and unnecessarily sachcarin.

What viewers and critics do well to remember is, how would you fill 90 minutes with a story as slight and familiar as Little Prince? Another property presenting a thankless writerly task.

The solution here is to gradually seque into a complete fantasy of the litle girl meeting the grown up Little Prince. This fills the time, allows for action in the third act and--very unusually for ANY script in the last ten years I'm ware of--creates space for moment of authentic poignancy, longing, loss and wonder. That the third act is going to sacrifice logical consistency for stronger feelings than most plot-driven third acts allow, is foreshadowed and I think a risk taken boldly and done as well as can be imagined.

I thought the character animation in the hospital visit scene went beyond Pixar. Kudos to all. Voices are indeed wonderful; Ricky Gervais and Jeff Bridges stand out to me.… Expand

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LeZee

May 16, 2017

Growing up is not the problem. Forgetting is.

I usually love the French animations, because unlike American, the stories, musics, characters that influences the thousands of year cultural history. Definitely not comparable to the Hollywood standards, but it had its own technical brilliance.Growing up is not the problem. Forgetting is.

I usually love the French animations, because unlike American, the stories, musics, characters that influences the thousands of year cultural history. Definitely not comparable to the Hollywood standards, but it had its own technical brilliance. All I wondered was why this film was in English language.

It deserves to be on the upcoming's big occasion (2016 February), if it is eligible for the American Academy Awards. From the director of 'Kung Fu Panda' original movie, which was partially based on the children's novel. The book adaptation is the stop-motion animation and the remaining story's the regular 3D animation.

Just remember the movies like 'What Dreams May Come' and 'The Lovely Bones', those magical worlds and breathtaking landscapes. Usually animations are associated with comedy genre, especially when a child character attached to it. This film was not even a comedy, more like those two titles I mentioned.

The screenplay wise it was a very 'Neverwas' type, except this one was an animation. But appropriate for people of all ages. The kids can realise the importance of their childhood and the older people can become kids again. The film compressed the gap and erected a bridge between the two hoods, the childhood and the adulthood.

"What is essential is invisible to the eye."

I did not know what to expect from it, but I highly satisfied with the final product. The film characters had no names, but called, the Little Girl, Mother, Fox, Rose, Snake, King et cetera as what their role is and species. Barely there are only 3-4 characters where the story was focused. Obviously it had a villain, but very unusual existence time and in a crucial part of the story.

I don't remember how the 100 minutes went so fast like a ray of the light beam flashed away. The pace of narration was not a rushy, except the opening part. But once the old man character, the Aviator, voiced by Jeff Bridge was introduced, the movie turned into completely different and awesome. Yes, Jeff Bridge's voice was so good for the background narration.

This story is about an old man who refused to grow up mentally and believes the existence of the magical stars and planets. The whole neighborhood stayed away from him and his troubles, until a new girl arrives at the next door. The little girl befriends him and falls for all his stories discarding her daily routines, but later it complicates their relationship after her mother finds out what they're up to. What happens to them and how the story concludes is the remaining part.

"She was not a common rose.
She was the only one of her kind in the whole universe."

This story was finely fused between the reality and fantasy. Most essential storyline for the present world. In the name of education how the children were enforced by their parents to mechanical life with less time to play out and make their own friends. Especially as they were lacking the creativity to make up their own fictional worlds with their toys like the kids from a century ago were.

It might psychologically affect their characters while becoming an adult like the Aviator in this film, but as one of lines from the movie say 'Growing up is not the problem. Forgetting is', the children are losing their innocence over the adult's reality world. Who knows, someday those kids may become the greatest writer inspired by their childhood days.

If you ask me, I strongly recommend it for all. It is very encouraging film for the parents how not to raise their children and for the grown ups how not to get lost is the adult world. Most elegant flick of the year, along with a very few others.

You don't have to ignore it because you have read the book, like I said it was not completely borrowed from the original material. Instead, two-third of the film was freshly established out of the same name masterpiece. I'm not familiar with the book, so I've no thoughts that differentiate between these two formats. But definitely the film deserved all the appreciation from critics and movie 9.5/10… Expand

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kman5473

Jan 25, 2017

An elegant children's film, and perhaps the best animated film that has yet been produced. It's themes, some may argue, are too mature for a child. Yet, how the story is told makes it so appropriate and respectful to discuss with all ages. This film being produced not only restores my faithAn elegant children's film, and perhaps the best animated film that has yet been produced. It's themes, some may argue, are too mature for a child. Yet, how the story is told makes it so appropriate and respectful to discuss with all ages. This film being produced not only restores my faith in filmmaking, but in humanity itself. There are few films that so elegantly and subtly evoke emotions as this one does. Plus the animation is something truly to behold, backed by an incredible soundtrack to boot.… Expand

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badgerryan19

May 19, 2017

I've never heard of this movie before when it was released in 2015 in France. But I have to say I'm very happy I watch it. The animation is stellar. The voice acting is very good with a fantastic cast. The story was absolutely sensational and can make you cry very easy. It's incredibly HardI've never heard of this movie before when it was released in 2015 in France. But I have to say I'm very happy I watch it. The animation is stellar. The voice acting is very good with a fantastic cast. The story was absolutely sensational and can make you cry very easy. It's incredibly Hard to see how anyone could really dislike the movie. This is definitely one of my front runners for movie of the year… Expand

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NerdConsultant

Aug 22, 2016

This is a French animated film developed by Netflix that unfortunately has not received a theatrical release over here yet, so if you want to see this you will have to have a Netflix account. I mainly watched this because a lot of the sites are predicting which way the Oscars will goThis is a French animated film developed by Netflix that unfortunately has not received a theatrical release over here yet, so if you want to see this you will have to have a Netflix account. I mainly watched this because a lot of the sites are predicting which way the Oscars will go suggests that this film will receive an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, and I wouldn’t be upset if it did. I actually think so far, this has been the best film of August because it was a really nice, charming movie. It has a lovely blend of really good computer generated 3D and beautiful stop motion animation. Honestly this is like a really lovely blend of Pixar, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Studio Ghibli. The cast are terrific, the English dub cast are terrific too and I kind of liked the message of the film even if it is hammered in a bit too much. Also I think the film is a little too long. There are 40 minutes added on that could easily have been done in 20 and feels like a completely different film and I would be lying if I said that didn’t bother me. As family films go I really recommend it if you have a Netflix account. It’s worth a watch.… Expand

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Tyranian

Apr 10, 2020

Definitely one of the better animations of recent years with some wonderful visuals even if the story is sometimes too obscure.

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Moviefan1970

Aug 25, 2016

What a mess! How on earth can anyone take this thing seriously? Have they actually read the books and know just what masterpieces they are? This film is terrible!

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