Review of The Little Prince (2015) by Gayla P — 16 Aug 2016

I knew it would be difficult to do this book justice, but I did not expect anyone to continue with almost half the movie length with added nonsense. This book can stand on its own with no "heavy-handed slap up side the head" of what one might draw from the book. I could not say how many times I have read the book. As a teacher I always screened my classes to be sure the students could handle its delicate hand.. Oh, but by all means go watch this cartoon and let yourself be thunked over the noggin' with weird, ugly caricatures of human nature at its worst... Or let the feminists show you that the all male cast (except the rose) needs a female to save the day because the wisest, most magical young prince has grown into a bumbling slapstick of a grown-up.

All the while the art work is bring praised? For what? big big eyes that brim with tears and look like Thumper... Big noses that loom across a face like an extra arm... distorted heads on gray bodies? I guess I hate French cartoons if these ugly humans are an example.

And the writers screwed with the future, the great unknown, the laughing stars, the rose, the planets... I imagine if he could the great St. Ex would fly back into our lives from his mysterious disappearance and stomp on all the extra garbage in this movie.

Why did I give this movie two stars? The story itself was true and sparkling when the cartoon bothered to stick to it. It was fun to see the Little Prince walk across the screen, to watch the well-known treasure rift across the screen in antiqued pages. That is one star there. The other is for that little fox. He rocked his part.

I hate it when the world tries to take something very unique and special, something it takes true heart to perceive... and tries to dumb it down with the Cliff notes, the HELLO, Cable Guy watchers... DO NOT MISS THIS S.U.B.T.L.E PLOT AND THEME....

Those of us who got the book probably did not like the movie. Hate is a strong word, but I really didn't like it... I am disappointed at the positive reviews, but your own blurb holds the key. You called it a satisfying story... This cartoon pulled open the curtain to try and leave viewers satisfied. The book did its level best with ultimate success to leave the reader hungering for more, more? isn't there more? I could not wait for the cartoon to end while the book plays on in unlimited possibilities forever in my soul.