Credited cast: | |||
Jeff Bridges | ... |
The Aviator
(voice)
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Rachel McAdams | ... |
The Mother
(voice)
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Paul Rudd | ... |
Mr. Prince
(voice)
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Marion Cotillard | ... |
The Rose
(voice)
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James Franco | ... |
The Fox
(voice)
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Benicio Del Toro | ... |
The Snake
(voice)
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Ricky Gervais | ... |
The Conceited Man
(voice)
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Bud Cort | ... |
The King
(voice)
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Paul Giamatti | ... |
The Academy Teacher
(voice)
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Riley Osborne | ... |
The Little Prince
(voice)
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Albert Brooks | ... |
The Businessman
(voice)
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Mackenzie Foy | ... |
The Little Girl
(voice)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Jacquie Barnbrook | ... |
The Nurse
(voice)
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Jeffy Branion | ... |
The Policeman
(voice)
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Marcel Bridges | ... |
The Concerned Neighbor
(voice)
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From Mark Osborne comes the first-ever animated feature film adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's iconic masterpiece, The Little Prince. At the heart of it all is The Little Girl, who's being prepared by her mother for the very grown-up world in which they live - only to be interrupted by her eccentric, kind-hearted neighbor, The Aviator. The Aviator introduces his new friend to an extraordinary world where anything is possible. A world that he himself was initiated into long ago by The Little Prince. It's here that The Little Girl's magical and emotional journey into her own imagination - and into the universe of The Little Prince - begins. And it's where The Little Girl rediscovers her childhood and learns that ultimately, it's human connections that matter most, and that what's truly essential can only be seen with the heart. Written by EJ
The movie opened today - 29 July 2015 - here in France, and I saw the second show here where I live, the small town of Paimpol. There were perhaps 30 people altogether in attendance. I could hear that the few children among them were bored. So, first comment: 1) This is not a movie for small children. It won't interest them.
2) If you are expecting a video reproduction of St Exupéry's story, you will be very disappointed. It's in this movie, but it only comprises a small part of it. Most of the movie is a frame for that tale, the story of a small girl who meets an elderly aviator who tells her, in bits and pieces, the story of his encounter, many years before, with the Little Prince. If you go expecting just what you know from St Exupéry's story, most of this movie will therefore be an annoyance to you.
It took me awhile to accept the frame story. It's fairly banal, fairly Hollywood. Nowhere near the originality of St. Exupéry's remarkable tale. But if you let yourself go with it, it has an appeal over time.
The part devoted to St. Exupéry's original tale is the best, as far as I'm concerned.
We also see the prince as an adult, very changed. That came as a shock at first to me, but again, I let myself go with it, and it had a certain fairly obvious interest.
This is not a great movie. "Ernest and Célestine" is a thousand times better. But it's worth seeing.
Again, however, this is NOT a movie for little children. They will be bored.