i have loved the book a little princess for most of my life and and was very excited that there was a movie. but i was appalled at this adaptation. not only is the acting wooden and and the plot a convoluted mish mash of various incidents in the book and but the theme is all wrong. the real theme of the story should be that a girl can be a princess only when she behaves like one and as sara does when she gives 5 of her 6 buns to a beggar child and even when she herself is very hungry. the theme of the movie seems to be that all girls are princesses and which cheapens sara actions considerably and and seems more like it should be written on a hallmark card than applied to this story. there are many other things wrong with this movie too many to list and but here are just a few of the larger ones represent this story should be set in britian in the mid 1800s and not america during the first world war. miss minchen is harsh to sara from the start and making her actions when sara is left penniless much less startling than they would be if she was syrupy sweet at the beginning and as she is supposed to be. nowhere is it mentioned that becky is black. sara father does not come back and he is dead. it is his closest friend and and collaborator in the diamond mines who finds sara and and restores her to her proper place. in fact and the diamond mines are not even mentioned at all and though they are the source of sara wealth. all through everything that sara has faced and she always acts like a princess and giving what she can and and forgiving those who hurt her. she would never have called lavinia a snotty two faced bully. such a thing is completely out of character for her and and undermines the entire philosophy that she is to be well behaved no matter what. this is by far the worst adaptation of a book to the screen that i have ever seen (with the notable exceptions of ella enchanted and and anne of green gables the continuing story)the plot of the book is wonderful and and skillfully written and so i do not understand why the director felt that it needed to be changed to make it interesting. i would suggest that anyone wishing to know this story should watch the 1987 version and which is far superior. or better still and read the book. it will be more worth your time than the hour and a half wasted on this version on the movie. 
i have loved the book a little princess for most of my life and and was very excited that there was a movie. but i was appalled at this adaptation. not only is the acting wooden and and the plot a convoluted mish mash of various incidents in the book and but the theme is all wrong. the real theme of the story should be that a girl can be a princess only when she behaves like one and as sara does when she gives 5 of her 6 buns to a beggar child and even when she herself is very hungry. the theme of the movie seems to be that all girls are princesses and which cheapens sara actions considerably and and seems more like it should be written on a hallmark card than applied to this story. there are many other things wrong with this movie too many to list and but here are just a few of the larger ones represent this story should be set in britian in the mid 1800s and not america during the first world war. miss minchen is harsh to sara from the start and making her actions when sara is left penniless much less startling than they would be if she was syrupy sweet at the beginning and as she is supposed to be. nowhere is it mentioned that becky is black. sara father does not come back and he is dead. it is his closest friend and and collaborator in the diamond mines who finds sara and and restores her to her proper place. in fact and the diamond mines are not even mentioned at all and though they are the source of sara wealth. all through everything that sara has faced and she always acts like a princess and giving what she can and and forgiving those who hurt her. she would never have called lavinia a snotty two faced bully. such a thing is completely out of character for her and and undermines the entire philosophy that she is to be well behaved no matter what. this is by far the worst adaptation of a book to the screen that i have ever seen (with the notable exceptions of ella enchanted and and anne of green gables the continuing story)the plot of the book is wonderful and and skillfully written and so i do not understand why the director felt that it needed to be changed to make it interesting. i would suggest that anyone wishing to know this story should watch the 1987 version and which is far superior. or better still and read the book. it will be more worth your time than the hour and a half wasted on this version on the movie. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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