The Little Prince Christian Movie Review (2015)

Guidance: Talk Together

This animated adaptation is generally gentle in surface content, but its emotional weight, scenes of peril, and spiritually open-ended themes about meaning, imagination, and what is “essential” may give Christian families worthwhile points to discuss. Parents may especially want to talk about where wonder, truth, and hope are grounded in Jesus Christ rather than in personal insight alone.

Why This Guidance Level

The Little Prince is not mainly a content-heavy family film, but it does carry enough emotional intensity and worldview material to merit conversation. Its fantasy framing, reflections on death and meaning, and emphasis on inner perception over concrete reality are likely to matter more to Christian families than any language or sexual content concerns.

Faith & Worldview Perspective

The film warmly affirms childlike wonder, love, sacrifice, and the danger of a life ruled only by achievement and efficiency. Those are meaningful themes, and parents may appreciate its critique of a joyless, performance-driven world. At the same time, the story leans into a poetic spirituality where truth is discovered inwardly and what is “essential” is grasped by the heart rather than anchored in God’s revealed truth. That may conflict with a biblical view because Christian hope is not found in imagination or sentiment alone, but in the truth of Jesus Christ. Parents may want to discuss how wonder is a gift from God, while wisdom still needs to be tested by what is true.

Truths Reflected

• Children are more than their productivity or achievements.
• Love, friendship, and self-giving care matter more than status or success.

Tensions to Discuss

• The film’s spiritual tone can suggest that inner feeling or personal perception is the highest guide to truth.
• Its reflections on meaning and transcendence are moving but not clearly rooted in God, sin, or hope in Christ.

Content & Discernment Markers

Occult & Spiritual Content

• The story uses a dreamy fantasy framework with spiritually open-ended ideas about what is “essential,” seeing beyond ordinary sight, and finding meaning through the heart. This is not occult practice, but it can blur the line between poetic insight and spiritual truth outside Christ. Parents may want to discuss how Christians treasure wonder while testing every message against God’s truth.

Sexuality & Relationships

• Sexual content does not stand out here. Relationships are handled in a gentle, family-oriented way, with the emotional focus placed on friendship, care, and loss rather than romance.

Identity Themes

• A central theme pushes back against defining a child by schedules, achievement, and adult expectations. That can be helpful, but it also leans toward self-discovery through personal feeling rather than identity received from God. Christian parents may want to discuss that our deepest identity is not in performance or self-invention, but in being made by God.

Violence & Intensity

• There are moments of animated peril, emotional distress, and threatening situations tied to separation, danger, and loss. The intensity plays closer to a thoughtful family adventure than to harsh action, but younger children may still feel the sadness and tension strongly.

Language & Humour

• Language is not a major issue. The tone is generally gentle, with family-film banter and emotional dialogue rather than notable profanity or crude humor.

Other Content Notes

• The film carries themes of grief, mortality, and emotional loneliness beneath its whimsical style. For some children, the sadness may land more deeply than the PG rating suggests. Parents may want to talk about how Christians grieve with hope in Christ.

Notable Moments

• Manual review needed: A full scene-by-scene extraction was not available, so specific dialogue moments should be confirmed in a direct viewing.

Discussion Prompts

• Wonder and truth: What does the movie say makes life meaningful, and how is that different from what Jesus says is true and lasting?
  • Biblical guidance: Scripture celebrates childlike faith and wonder, but truth is grounded in Christ, not only in feelings or imagination.
  • Scripture: John 14:6, Matthew 18:3-4, Philippians 4:8
• Identity and achievement: Did the adults in the story treat children like people to love or projects to manage? What does God say gives a person value?
  • Biblical guidance: Our worth does not come from performance. We are created by God and called to live faithfully before Him.
  • Scripture: Psalm 139:13-14, Ephesians 2:10, 1 Samuel 16:7
• Grief and hope: How did the story handle sadness, loss, or growing up? Where can Christians turn when life feels fragile or painful?
  • Biblical guidance: Christians do not ignore grief, but we face it with real hope because Jesus Christ has conquered death.
  • Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14, Psalm 34:18, John 11:25
• Seeing with the heart: When people say the heart helps us see what matters, what is helpful about that idea, and what could become confusing?
  • Biblical guidance: Love and compassion matter deeply, but the human heart also needs God’s wisdom and truth.
  • Scripture: Jeremiah 17:9, Proverbs 3:5-6, Colossians 2:8