Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.
- based on novel or book
- parent child relationship
- boarding school
- servant
- private school
- female friendship
- school
- little girl
- orphan
- class differences
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Liesel Matthews
Sara Crewe
Eleanor Bron
Miss Minchin
Liam Cunningham
Capt. Crewe / Prince Rama
Rusty Schwimmer
Amelia Minchin
- Vanessa Lee Chester — Becky
- Rachael Bella — Betsy
- Camilla Belle — Jane
- Kelsey Mulrooney — Lottie
- Lauren Blumenfeld — Rosemary
- Vincent Schiavelli — Mr. Barrow
- Time Winters — Frances (Milkman)
- Arthur Malet — Charles Randolph
- Heather DeLoach — Ermengarde
- Alexandra Rea-Baum — Gertrude
- Juliana Harkavy — Girl in India
- Directed
- Alfonso Cuarón
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 1,067 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Baltimore Pictures, Mark Johnson Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
