7.4 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
From Mark Osborne comes the first-ever animated feature film adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's iconic masterpiece, The Little Prince. At the heart of it all is The Little Girl, who's being prepared by her mother for the very grown-up world in which they live - only to be interrupted by her eccentric, kind-hearted neighbor, The Aviator. The Aviator introduces his new friend to an extraordinary world where anything is possible. A world that he himself was initiated into long ago by The Little Prince. It's here that The Little Girl's magical and emotional journey into her own imagination - and into the universe of The Little Prince - begins. And it's where The Little Girl rediscovers her childhood and learns that ultimately, it's human connections that matter most, and that what's truly essential can only be seen with the heart.
Starring: Mackenzie Foy, Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Benicio del Toro, Marion CotillardAnimation | 100% |
Family | 94% |
Adventure | 23% |
Foreign | 15% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1
English, English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
This is a cinematic take on the cherished 1943 novella The Little Prince, written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The film retains the same core story but builds another one around it to reinforce its themes. In Director Mark Osborne's (Kung Fu Panda) 2015 take, it's a little girl, not the little prince, who is at the center of the story. Osborne and Screenwriters Irena Brignull and Bob Persichetti set the film in the modern world and use Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's story as a fully developed parallel, with its own art style, as an illustration meant to better the little girl's life and give her the courage to free herself from her mother's well meaning, but suffocating, rigid control over her life.
The Little Prince features a well defined and appropriately colored 1080p Blu-ray presentation. To begin, the movie's color output is primarily comprised of, or at least dominated by, shades of gray. It's a thematically significant note, expressing the lack of "life" in the girl's existence: it's all prefab structure and predetermined actions. In the old man's back yard, color springs alive: brilliant green grass, the red plane, a colorful parachute. Inside his home, warmth abounds. All of these colors leap off the screen with highly impressive depth and brilliance. While they lack the full tonal command HDR can provide, they more than satisfy brilliance requirements for a colorfully animated Blu-ray. Textural adeptness is excellent, too. The animation thrives in 1080p, allowing the audience to see the full range of textural delights, both broad and small, near screen and far away in the background. Whether the more familiar digitally animated main story of the prince's tale in its gloriously complex stop motion style, there's no missing the innate textural qualities seen on characters, objects, and places. The picture is largely in fine form. Mild aliasing and banding are concerns but rarely prove disruptive to an otherwise highly satisfying Blu-ray presentation.
The Little Prince's Dolby TrueHD 7.1 lossless soundtrack is a delightful little exercise in Blu-ray sound. It's fluid, smooth, and detailed, full of life and balance as it delivers both the broader sounds and the more subtle cues alike with equal definition and spatial awareness. Whether more dominant front-and-center sound effects or minor ambient support, Paramount's presentation always finds excellent stage presence, nicely immersing the lsitener into the film. Surrounds are used with frequency but also balance and the low end is engaged just enough to add necessary depth to any element. Dialogue is clear and center-positioned for the duration.
The Little Prince contains a featurette and a music video. No DVD copy is included but Parmaount has added in a digital copy voucher. This
release does not ship with a slipcover.
The Little Prince takes the original story and uses it as a propellent for getting the girl's life moving in the right direction, following her own heart rather than adhering to the rigidity her mother has planned for her. It's almost like a two-for-one, featuring two parallel stories that are seamlessly intertwined with the prince's story serving the little girl's spirit and imagination to help her escape from a path not of her own choosing. It's well voiced and excellently animated, the prince's segments in particular. Paramount's Blu-ray delivers high class video and audio presentations in addition to a couple of extras. Recommended.
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