The Little Prince

Right now you can watch The Little Prince on Amazon Prime Video — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. It says what it needs to say in one sitting, no filler. 2,993 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Riley Osborne — the performance elevates material that could easily tip into self-seriousness. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Amazon Prime Video.

The Little Prince arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The Little Prince uses its genre premise as cover for asking bigger questions. Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met. Riley Osborne and Mackenzie Foy lead a cast that never lets the concept overwhelm the characters. The Little Prince came out in 2015. What separates The Little Prince from lesser genre entertainment is a willingness to let the concept cost the characters something. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find The Little Prince genuinely rewarding. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Riley Osborne anchors it with a performance that makes the more abstract moments feel personal. If you have been burned by ambitious sci-fi before, this is the exception.