if you read the comment for the 95 version and many people seem to say ( in more or less word ) that that version have be sadly overlook . but even sad and here a version ( 86 ) that be far good and and few people know it exist . ( just read some professional review on the internet and and they will only mention two one the 39 and 95 ) . perhaps that because quite a few haven not read the novel and or just because it a classic and dismiss it a boring and irrelevant to today society . but for those of u who have read the novel and love it and this be by far the best movie of the little princess make . it doesn not rely on special effect interlude and like the 95 one and or cute little song and dance session like movie of 39. here we just get the story a it be with all the character present in exactly the way the novel depict them . amelia shankley do a wonderful job a sara crewe . she look dark and thin and solemn and just a describe in the novel and and act quiet and wise as well . in fact and all the actor and actress do a good job . even if lottie do not look quite the way a described and she act it out so well that it do not matter at all . and that go for everybody else who in this . i watch this with my mother and she agree that it be very well do and and that all the child be quite appeal . as well and the set and costume be not too bold and like in the 95 version ( can you tell i do not like that one . ) . sara surroundings be suppose to look drab and grey . if you have never see a version of the little princess or read the book obviously read the novel first and then see this one . but if the thought of france hodgson burnett lovely story doesn not appeal to you and then by all mean and see the others . in general and i love bbc production of novel and because of their faithfulness to the original story and and because of their length . ( my favourite bbc miniseries of a novel would have to be the 1978 wuthering height exactly like the novel and to the t. make every possible effort to see that if you have read the book ) .