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A Little Princess
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #560
- IMDb #943
- Google retired #526
- Rotten Tomatoes #297
- Metacritic #657
- Letterboxd #963
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #227
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #743
- Metacritic Critics #515
- Metacritic Audience #1266
- Criticker #1008
- Kinopoisk #447
- AlloCiné #773
- Trakt #528
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the most agreed on films →A kind-hearted young girl is sent to a strict boarding school in New York while her father goes off to fight in World War I. When he is reported killed in action, the cruel headmistress forces her into servitude, making her a servant in the attic. She maintains her spirit and dignity by believing her father is still alive, her stories bringing magic to the other downtrodden girls.
Details
- Director
- Alfonso Cuarón
- Writers
- Elizabeth Chandler, Richard LaGravenese
- Based on
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Released
- 10 May 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $17.0M
- Box office
- $10.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (29) →Awards & nominations
See all 7 →2 wins from 7 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1995 | Best Art Direction | Bo Welch and Cheryl Carasik | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1995 | Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Nominee |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1995 | Best Production Design | Bo Welch | Winner |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1995 | Best Music | Patrick Doyle | Winner |
| Young Artist Awards 1995 | Best Family Feature - Drama | Nominee | |
| Young Artist Awards 1995 | Best Young Leading Actress | Vanessa Lee Chester | Nominee |
| Young Artist Awards 1995 | Best Young Leading Actress | Liesel Matthews | Nominee |
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Trailer — A Little Princess
×Full cast — A Little Princess
×7 awards — A Little Princess
×| Best Art Direction | Bo Welch and Cheryl Carasik | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | Nominee |
| Best Music | Patrick Doyle | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Bo Welch | Winner |
| Best Family Feature - Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Young Leading Actress | Vanessa Lee Chester | Nominee |
| Best Young Leading Actress | Liesel Matthews | Nominee |