Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

elto-30283 Years back, when I was quite young and the biggest stars in the movie were Chris Isaak and Bridget Fonda, we went with my sister to see it twice in the movie theatre and later rented it from time to time to see it again at home too.A lovely story to watch with your young children, to teach them valuable life lessons. No sex, violence, bad language... a lovely story for normal people who want to spend a lazy afternoon hugging and cuddling with their young kids.One of my favourite movies. Beautiful, natural, non artificial acting by both - children and adults.

kamillazhangulova Notwithstanding some of the abrupt transitions within the stories of main characters, convincing and compelling decorations had made their business and the movie evokes a great multitude of emotions within the viewer. The Little Buddha movie describes the story of how a prince Siddhartha became an enlightened Buddha who understood the meaning of life and everything else in this world. Although, from my perspective, this movie would not really convince people about such concepts as reincarnation, and other aspects of Buddhist religion, it definitely provides a massive audience with a positive and bright ideas about the world perception. As a whole, this movie offers a vibrant insight into one of the most eloquent cultures of the world, and leaves a very pleasant sense about the fact that all of the things in this world are relevant, logical, and appropriate just in the way they are. Little Buddha illustrates a fascinating story of a Buddhist monk, Lama Norbu, who is looking for the reincarnation of his teacher. His search has brought him to the Seattle where a little boy -Jesse lives. Jesse's parents are classical upper middle-class, with his father being a successful engineer and mother - a math teacher. While at first they were quite skeptical about the story Lama Norbu told them about the reincarnation of his teacher and its relation to their son, Jesse, to the middle of the movie when Jesse's father loses his close friend and business partner, he decides to observe this 'unrealistic' phenomenon and try to find a future exploration for this story. Generally speaking, the acting of Jesse's father does not seem really convincing, and along with some sluggishness and frequent inconsistencies within the dialogues of the narrative, a massive work for the editing, and directorate had to be done. Fortunately, scenes were filmed from different, and quite interesting perspectives, and this made scenes to work in a way that they it seemed more cohesive, and logical. Majority of the scenes in the movie are exceedingly colorful, and bright. For instance, the moment when Siddhartha realizes that there are not only pleasures in this world, but also sufferings - very realistic images of those in the image of old, and sick people - and his amusement with these parts of the real life, play a tremendously important role in Buddha's story plot. In my opinion, this was one of the most powerful scene in a whole movie. Additionally, the way Siddhartha's servant was explaining him about those was extremely touching, and thought-provoking. Although sometimes the story of Siddhartha becomes quite unclear, not only because of some unrealistic moments (like the one where everyone in the 'kingdom' feel asleep, so he was able to escape from his 'prison'), but because of the undetailed and blurred narrative, as far as I am concerned, his story in this movie is described in a very sophisticated way. One of the things on which, I personally disagree with movie creators, is its inconsistency of the Lama Norbu's and his search for Lama Norju's reincarnation (including three candidates) story plot with Buddha's. However, this would not probably be the issue for most of the people, because it might seem for them that the place of Buddha's story is central within the whole religion anyways. As I have mentioned, it is my personal remark. Another thing that I had not clearly understood was the issuer related with the reincarnation. When Lama Norbu proclaimed that all of the three candidates, were, in fact, the reincarnation of his teacher - I assume that it was because he wanted the homeless child to find his home, and the possibility to get education, and not because all them actually were the reincarnation of Lama Norju. However, just as with the previous case - I may be wrong. In conclusion, I would say that Little Buddha is a very thought-provoking, and satisfying movie. In other words, when a viewer finishes to watch it, there is not a feeling within him that he had simply wasted his time. On the contrary, it leaves a viewer with a pleasant feeling, that there is a crucial reason why the art of the cinematography exists, in the first place. The way by which this interesting and compelling story was showcased within The Little Buddha, really justifies the presence of this expensive art in our world. The story of this movie offers an exclusively sophisticated insight into the lives of people, who as it seems practically live in a 'different galaxy', and describes the concepts by which they perceive this world to be. A viewer would be left with a strong feeling of justification, and satisfaction about the world order, because it is what the teachings of the Buddhism are about. The idea that - Everything in this world is impermanent, and the justice would find its order in the end - is really convincing and satisfying.

Jackie Ur The little Buddha is about Lama Norbu and other monks seeking the reincarnation of their teacher, Lama Dorje. In their search, the monks believe that the reincarnation of Lama Dorje is in Seattle and is a little boy named Jesse. Jesse is interested in Buddhism, although, does not know much about it. After being hesitant at first when Lama Norbu asks Jesse to return to Bhutan with him, Jesse's father takes Jesse to Bhutan and Nepal. Once there, Jesse meets the other candidates of Lama Norbu's reincarnation, Gita and Raju. Throughout this journey Jesse learns more and more about Buddhism's history and practices with the book Little Buddha.After watching this movie, I learned how seriously monks take reincarnation. Even though Jesse is an outsider of the Buddhist religion, the monks still go through great lengths to find the reincarnation of Lama Norbu and teach Jesse about Buddhism. I also learned that a reincarnation could be broken up into multiple people. In the end, when we figure out that all three of the candidates make up Lama Dorje, we find out that Raju is the body, Gita is speech, and Jesse is his mind. These three aspects of Lama Dorje are also large aspects in Buddhism. I really enjoyed this movie, and could not find any major imperfections. I enjoyed how the movie showed the storybook, Little Buddha, with Siddhartha's life and Jesse's journey. One thing I would have added is more of an ending of what the children decide to do after finding out they make up Lama Dorje, however, chances are all the children wouldn't stay in Bhutan and it is probably better left hanging then having it be a pointless journey.Overall, I think this movie does a good job teaching the viewers about Buddhism, all while bringing the viewers through Jesse's journey. This movie provides a great opportunity for western audiences to learn about Buddhism. Instead of telling you about Siddhartha, this movie shows you who he was and what he did. Not to mention this movie also has a great story line about a boy's journey with Buddhism and Asian cultures.

filmchaser I don't understand all the haters. This movie was understated and calm because of the subject matter, so what did everyone expect from these actors? Drama? This is an anti-drama film. It's about the birth of Buddhism. And Keanu was delightful as Siddhartha. In fact, from what I read about Keanu Reeves, the person, it is my understanding that he is a lot like this character: polite, soft spoken, sensitive, generous, and highly intelligent, all attributes of an enlightened person. And for those who criticize the acting of Bridget Fonda, having watched most if not all her films, it occurs to me that Ms. Fonda has her own style of acting, which is very understated and natural. She is usually cast in roles that don't showcase her talents, but if anybody ever doubts her abilities, or her versatility, they should watch a film she made where she played an assassin, or an abused wife. In this film, she played a little boy's mother very believably. I do agree Chris Isaak was miscast as her husband. For one thing, Bridget Fonda and Chris Isaak strongly resemble one another and could easily be brother and sister. And Chris Isaak is very wooden in the delivery of his lines, making Ms. Fonda's job more difficult. I found the cinematography beautiful, the music beautiful, and the costumes beautiful. This is my second viewing of the film and I really enjoyed it.