Movie · 2015 · Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Family · 1h 46m · PG · English
Curator score: 7.7/10 (247.5K ratings)
Growing up isn't the problem... forgetting is.
Overview
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.
Ratings
Curator score: 7.7/10
IMDb: 7.6/10
Letterboxd: 3.91/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 70
TMDB: 7.6/10
Director
Mark Osborne
Production
Orange Studio, M6 Films, Lucky Red, LPPTV, On Entertainment
Cast
Riley Osborne, Mackenzie Foy, Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, James Franco, Benicio del Toro, Bud Cort, Ricky Gervais, Albert Brooks, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Jacquie Barnbrook, Marcel Bridges, Jeffy Branion, Maddie Osborne
Curator Review
Verdict
A tender, melancholy family fantasy that turns a classic children’s story into a moving reflection on imagination, grief, and the cost of growing up. Its hybrid animation style and emotional sincerity make it especially rewarding for viewers who want a film that can be both whimsical and devastating.
Best for
families with older kids
viewers who like bittersweet animated films
fans of literary adaptations
people looking for an emotional tearjerker
adults nostalgic for childhood wonder
Skip if
you want a straightforward, fast-paced adventure
you dislike sentimental storytelling
you prefer fully consistent visual styles
you’re looking for light, joke-driven family animation
Overview
The Little Prince is less interested in spectacle than in feeling, and that’s what gives it its power. It uses a framing story about a tightly controlled little girl to reintroduce the book’s ideas about imagination, friendship, and the danger of becoming too practical to notice what matters.
Worth noting
The film’s visual approach is unusually ambitious, blending polished computer animation with a handmade stop-motion sensibility for the storybook material. That contrast mirrors the movie’s central tension: the rigid adult world versus the messy, fragile beauty of childhood memory and wonder.
Bottom line
It can be openly sentimental, and some viewers may find its emotional cues heavy-handed. But for the right audience, it lands with real force, building toward a surprisingly affecting meditation on loss, love, and the things we carry forward when we grow up.
Top Letterboxd reviews
clownhead (4★) · 2271 likes
me one hour and forty five minutes ago: this looks so cute what a sweet sunday night pick
me now, tear tracks practically etched onto me face after an entire hour of crying: what the fuck
Andrew | A.J. (4.5★) · 1772 likes
You're going to make a wonderful grown-up.
I turned 18 on June 30th. I have a job where I work about 30 hours a week. I'm not in college. I stress out about the future and the career that I want to have.
Along comes The Little Prince, a beautiful, uplifting film that reminded me to never forget. It's been such a big problem with my life lately.
As I sit here, crying because of the effect this movie had on me, I feel at peace.
I'll grow up. But I won't forget any of it.
Hunter Morris · 1245 likes
The Little Prince Quotes on a 🥺-scale
“That’s why I always keep a baloney sandwich in my pocket”🥺
“The stars are beautiful because of a flower that cannot be seen. What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well”🥺🥺
“They were both too young to know how to love”🥺🥺
“What if it’s time for me to go be with the Little Prince?”🥺🥺🥺
“If you look with your heart, I’ll always be with you. Just like I know the Little Prince will always be with his rose.”🥺🥺🥺🥺
“Growing up is not the problem, forgetting is”🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
HANNAH* (3.5★) · 947 likes
my little brother chose this for our family movie night. my mom told me that i loved this book when i was a kid. i can't even remember reading it. now, i'm 21, and i'm crying that i just let myself grow up and forget.
adambolt (4★) · 900 likes
why do animated kids movies always have to be so SAD