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Title: Glazed over ending ruins the story
Review: Don't get me wrong, I adore Shirley Temple, and have since I was a little girl. This is one of the movies I will refuse to watch though. The magic of the original story of The Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, is desimated with this Disney-ized version. The original story has Sara Crew's father die in war, which entirely turns around the little girl's fortune. But this film gives it a happily ever after Disney ending in which the father ends up not being dead at all. It ruins the plot entirely, and is a disgrace to the original. If you want a movie that lives up to everything the book was and more, check out the 1995 version "A Little Princess"; beautifully done. If you want a good Shirley Temple Movie, check out Heidi, or Bright Eyes, or Poor Little Rich Girl instead.
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