People are voting emotionally.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

A good movie from a great book. Favorite book of all times for many of us, The Little Prince has the capacity to absorb you in that world we all wish could still exist. The movie was great until... the end, it felt rushed. What happens with her test? Her school? Her future? Her mother relationship? Her father? Was him on that asteroid?Like... YOU CAN'T finish a movie like this. It was all about that one day and that one test and the you cut it out? In so many moments I thought "okay she now will know what to answer at that final test because/thanks to this experience". It was out of the blue. But overall a great/feel good movie :)

Stanley Donen took on the task in 1974 of bringing the magical story of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery to life. Gene Wilder, Richard Kiley, and Bob Fosse bring to life the tale of a stranded pilot and a prince from another planet in a beautifully magical film delighting audiences since its debut. Telling life only in the way a little boy, and a man who never lost his magic can, The Little Prince should be required viewing for all human beings. Pilot (Richard Kiley) is stranded in the middle of the Sahara Desert when his plane breaks down. He believes to be alone until he happens upon a little boy, The Little Prince (Steven Warner) who has traveled to the Sahara from another planet. His planet, Asteroid B- 612, is ill-equipped to care for the only rose it has ever grown. This rose is so special to The Little Prince, he stops at nothing to care for it. Leaving his planet he travels to a strange planet with borders that he must have documentation to pass through. He also learns of people that dress up in their country's flag to fight other people on another planet. The Little Prince also meets a man called a historian (Victor Spinetti), whose job it is to make things up, and a man called a Business Man (Clive Revill) who can claim ideas as his, as long as he thinks of them first. Finally, when he meets The Pilot, The Little Prince shares pieces of his journey, reigniting the magic that inspired him to become a pilot in the first place. The Little Prince also tells The Pilot of his meeting with a snake (Bob Fosse) who said that he could help him get back to his planet, with a steep price. A fox (Gene Wilder) also does a great deal of teaching to The Little Prince by illustrating to him that even though there are billions of people in the world, the ones we tame, that are close to us, are special. Doing a great deal of teaching, The Little Prince imparts much-needed knowledge on The Pilot, and the audience, before parting ways. The Little Prince is a fantastic piece of cinema. The story and the lesson is lost on no one. We believe we are so free on planet Earth because we are so used to the absurd things that we do. Once we really evaluate the behaviors and habits we take for granted we can see how preposterous they are. For instance, we kill other human beings over areas of land based on lines people have drawn on a map that we had nothing to do with. Seeing big issues like this, at their core, through the innocence of a child is something that all adults should do more often. The Pilot's story is also crucial. When we are children, we see infinite possibilities around us, and we are gifted with our own rich fresh perspective on the world around us. As we age, we are taught how we are supposed to see the world, and abandon any notions that don't fit in with what is societally appropriate. We would do the world and ourselves a favor by never forgetting that no one else in the world has the same perspective we do, and no one else will look at the same thing the same as someone else, if that does happen, we have failed and lost what makes us unique. Never lose your pilot, and never stop drawing your own version of an elephant inside a boa constrictor. Gene Wilder's role in The Little Prince was short, but one I am so thankful for, as I probably would never have seen this movie if it wasn't for his part in it. He played a fox, in human form, and did so remarkably. He excelled at the sharp quick movements of a fox, both in facial expressions and body movements. His rapid yet fluid actions made me aware of a brand of physical acting that I didn't know he excelled in. Wilder is also the most perfectly gentle soul that I can imagine to play such a heartfelt gentle part. Another film that if often left unnoticed in a rundown of Wilder's work, yet one that carries such an important message to the human spirit. The Little Prince should not be missed by anyone on this planet, or any of the others.

Every French has a warm spot in his heart for Saint-Ex' young endearing hero(people here really call the writer like that) ,one of the most popular characters of our literature ;it is reportedly all-time French best-seller over the world,and the famous sentence "L'ESSENTIEL EST INVISIBLE POUR LES YEUX" is often quoted everywhere.It's a hard task to transfer it to the screen ;and doing so as a musical ,with syrupy songs and interminable dances (notably that with the snake) was certainly not a smart idea.The first ditty "it's a hat" is thoroughly unbearable ..I do think that Donen's take on "Le Petit Prince " is a partial failure ;the book's sometimes unfathomable poetry is almost completely lost .Only Steven Warner shines in his part and his innocence and his spontaneity make wonders and partly saves the movie .People who are fluent in French should try the CD with the marvelous Gerard Philipe as the aviator and Georges Poujouly ("Jeux Interdits " as " Le Petit Prince" .)Instead of the heavy-handed glib and meaningless prologue,why not the lines about the Sunset ?"-let's go and see a Sunset!-but,we have to wait for the sun to go down!"hence the unforgivable absence of the lamplighter whose only pleasure in life is sleeping.

This is an exceptional movie, absolutely true to the spirit of Saint-Exupery's book; the actors are perfect - Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse and Gene Wilder are superb - and the songs fit beautifully into the film.