i be look forward to this so much and be a big fan of the book . however and when it come out i remember think it be one of the big waste of money and time i have ever spend at the cinema . in principle and the acting and the set and the music be excellent and and be the main reason why i be rating this a 4. in this version and sara be a little too self sacrifice for my taste . there be no way she would have deliberately lie to miss minchin just to stop her punish the other girl while in the book she make a point of describe lie a not just wicked and but vulgar . there also far too much of a disneyfied end for me while sara father come back from the dead and all of them trot off into the indian sunset . while the book do have a happy ( and critic might say equally improbable ) end and it doesn not leave you think and oh puh leeze . about the only thing true to the book be represent1 . sara father be a soldier 2. the line between sara and her father ( be you learn me by heart . or no . i know you by heart . you be inside my heart . ) 3. sara friendship with becky and and her adopting lottie ( although this last one wasn not develop as much a it could have be ) 4. the changing of her room by add various luxury item . that part be brilliantly do . 5. the basic core a rich girl be fling into poverty suddenly be there and but that about all that be . people might say that this adaptation be more for the young audience . possibly . all i can say to that be i have two cousin age 7 and 12 respectively who be big fan of this film until they read the book . if all you want be a feel good family film and then this delivers . if youre look for a film that actually tell the story of a little princess ( in fact and if you have read the book ) do not waste time with this one . it such a shame while with a cast like this and if they would stick to at least the basic story it could have be fantastic . be i harping on about read the book this and read the book that a little too much . very probably . but if someone attempt to adapt a book especially such a classic into a movie and then they should at least have do the same thing . preferably more than once .