This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The protagonist and her sister. The protagonist makes the film unbearable to watch. She is mean, unapologetically impolite, and cynical which mostly through her interactions with her sister and in the beginning of the film. A few sibling arguments or if they fought a few times but then learned to get along more would've been fine but it seems like every time Parvana and Soraya are on-screen together, they are bitter with each other and they never changed.Other than those two annoying me, it's an honest film but it's kind of sad. The plot could've been simpler but still pretty good. I also really liked the different animation styles and how the movie switches from Parvana telling a story to her actual life and her gaining confidence through her story.I can give this film a little respect for its decent directing and producing from the people who made "The Secret of Kells" and "Song of the Sea"

The point of "A little Princess" in my opinion, is to sustain the idea of childhood innocence as what it should be. Children should be children and enjoy their innocence ... in a perfect world. But Parvana, this Little Princess with all its innocence, is sadly stuck on the real world, and she is forced to take all her courage and all her mental and physical strength to survive the reality that many countries in the Middle East are suffering. It is an animated film that wants to be friendly to small ones and to grown ups, that which presents us with an extremely important message, while at the same time providing us with an excellent cinematographic creation. And yes... this film should have won the Oscar. RAISE YOUR WORDS, NOT YOUR VOICE. IT IS RAIN THAT MAKES THE FLOWERS GROW, NOT THUNDER.

It's heartbreaking and a reminder what our sisters are going through... hard to watch... this cartoon version of reality.. I pray the tears shed are not in vain, I pray God serves them justice.

In Taliban-controlled Kabul, a young girl named Parvana has to sell her best dress on the street with her father Nurullah. He's a former teacher and they're harassed by his former student Idrees turned Taliban. Idrees feels slighted and falsely accuses Nurullah. With her father in prison, Parvana has to dress as a boy to buy food and earn money for the family. Her writer mother is beaten for being in the streets without a male chaperon. Parvana is befriended by Shauzia, another girl who dresses as a boy and mentors her in the ways of the streets. To please her little brother, she tells him stories about a young boy on a quest against the Elephant King.The animation is beautiful. The story is compelling. Parvana is an empathetic character in a real apocalyptic world. The fantasy tale is slow at first but it pays off by intertwining with her real world story. There is a real intensity in the build up and in the climatic reveal. The only drawback is that I hoped for a real Parvana to tell her own story. No matter how sincere the writing and how well the telling, it is in the end a second hand tale.