This movie will definitely hurt the feelings of the "Original Book Fundamentalists." In fact, if anyone would make a film only out of the book then there is no way this film can be long enough to be shown in movie theatres across the world. On youtube maybe. Anyway, the film does explain what the author wanted to: When one grows to be one of the "Adults,"his little prince,or what he stands for, curiosity, imagination, love, friendship, the ability to view the surrounding world with an aesthetical eye, or romanticism,dies with him. In the movie, the little girl has to learn about the society's materialism, to handle the relationship between her material life and her loved and beloved ones. So basically in the movie the little girl stands for the little prince, and again IN THE MOVIE the little girls experiences, although partially, what I understand that the little prince goes through in the book. The part I don't like about this film is it's rated that children are watching it. Why on Earth should they be recommended or even marketed to read or watch Le Petit Prince, Alice in Wonderland and so on? Shouldn't they be enjoying their childhood instead of pleurnicher and worrying about losing it? The author said so clearly and frankly that the book was written in a sad mood and he does not want it to be read as a bright fairy tale.
Review of The Little Prince
