The movie on its own is beautiful. And I am not a puritan. In general I keep an open mind towards various changes in adaptations. But I just could not get around some character changes in this movie. There is one scene where Sara calls Lavinia (the girl who bullies her) "a snotty little....". The book Sara Crewe would never say that. The best thing about Sara (that I admired and aspired to as a child of 8 when I first read it) was that she had an inner dignity. She was firm with Lavinia, certainly, but unfailingly polite.
Review of A Little Princess
A Little Princess
(1995)
A masterpiece...IF you haven't read the book by Frances Hodgson Burnet
22 January 2021
Warning: Spoilers