i really want to love this film . i have read the book to my daughter and we all love it . the book be marvelous . this film be very far from the book . the book be splendid this film be an awful adaptation . in the book and sara be honorable and kind and strong and and never do anything spiteful to get back at anyone . that the point of the book . she behave a a prince regardless of circumstance . an important part of behave like a princess be to not return unkindness . it be to behave honorably regardless of how you be be treat . in the book and she endure much and touch the life of others . other people change their behavior after they witness her kindness and ability to endure without sink to spite and vengefulness . sara do what be right simply because it be right . outside of the bakery and she come upon a beggar girl who be more poor and hungry than she be . she have half a dozen hot bun . she be very hungry . she give one bun to this wild look little girl huddle on the doorstep of the bakery . when she see how ravenous the girl be and watch her gobble the bun and she give her another . she continue to do this until she have give 3 or 4 i think i do not remember how many . the baker be watch through the window . she be so move by what she have witness and she take the beggar girl in and raise her a her own daughter . other people be similarly influence by sara . and in the book and her father have die . the man next door be her father partner he have be look for her . her father do not lose his money after all the man be thrill to find sara while he take her and becky into his home and raise them a his daughter . and sara have her full inheritance and of course . miss minchin be not a chimney sweep . in fact and she remain in her same post at the school . but she be humiliate a sara have tell her new guardian of the cruel treatment she receive . and sara do speak to miss minchin in the end miss minchin be try to minimize her treatment of sara and sara with a calm steadfast demeanor and instructs miss minchin that she have be cruel . there be no comeuppance for miss minchin . she continue on in her miserable existence . it do not matter what matter be that sara have a home with a guardian who love her and her dear friend in the world and becky and be now for all intent and purpose and her sister . the book be about love and honorable behavior under the bad of circumstance . it be about self control and humility . it be a wonderful book . this film do nothing to capture the true story and message of the book . my wife be so disgusted with it and she want to leave the theater in the middle and but we decide to stick it out . we be not reward . i can not for the life of me think of a reason the film make should alter this excellent book in such a bad direction . perhaps it be the influence of the ghastly screenplay from the book that shirley temple act in . i do not know but this film be so far from the book in character and value that i do not recognize it . don not waste your time buy the book . it be unforgettable . even for a dad .