The Little Prince Movie Review

Hey everyone! Recently, a movie based off of the book "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (I wrote a blog post about it here) just came out on Netflix. Since I have read The Little Prince, and really enjoyed it, I figured that I would write a review about the movie. I promise I will do my best not to give out any spoilers!

Let me start off by saying that I thought that the movie definitely did not include enough of the original material from the book in it. The movie had a whole new plot line about a young girl, wrapped up in her struggle of trying to get into a special school. Getting into this school was considered a real accomplishment, and this little girl tries very hard to get into it, thinking that getting accepted was the most essential thing to her "Life Plan". From there, the producers weave in the story of The Little Prince, and how Exupery's ideas of how the most important thing (love) can be implemented into our lives. Probably eighty-five percent of the movie was made up material. Honestly, I think that the original story by Saint-Exupery was way better than the one created by the producers, and I think that the movie would've been great without the additional material. They even went to such an extent in adding in the new plot that large chunks of the book were not included!

Despite the fact that the movie missed out on a huge part of the book, the part that it did cover was done very nicely. They expressed, in some of Saint-Exupery's own words, some of the most meaningful and important parts of the book (including the main theme of love, which I wrote about in the blog post linked above). Many of the original illustrations from the book were also used in the movie, which made it seem more closely related to the book. In addition, the movie was very touching (I will admit that I was in tears by the end!) The characters were developed very well, and the movie made up for what it was lacking in accuracy in tenderness and a meaningful plot.

So, overall, I enjoyed the movie, but thought it could use some improvement. I think, personally, that the book deserved more attention and cover, and that the movie had too much new material. I would probably rate this movie 3 stars out of five. It was  a very touching and beautiful story, and for that reason I appreciated it. I think that this was a well-made movie, and, while it could have used some improvement, it is well worth watching.