Princess Caraboo

Princess Caraboo

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She was everything they dreamed of... And nothing they expected.

Director: Michael Austin

Writer: Michael Austin, John Wells

Producer: Simon Bosanquet, Andrew S. Karsch

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by a family of haughty aristocrats that only wants to heighten their prestige. However, the local reporter is not at all convinced she is what she claims to be and investigates. Is Caraboo really a princess?

97 min Rating: 5.4/10 Released
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Top Cast

Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent
Mr. Worrall
Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates
Princess Caraboo / Mary Baker
Wendy Hughes
Wendy Hughes
Mrs. Worrall
John Lithgow
John Lithgow
Professor Wilkinson

Movie Info

Director: Michael Austin

Writer: Michael Austin, John Wells

Producer: Simon Bosanquet, Andrew S. Karsch

Production Companies: TriStar Pictures, Ardican Films, Beacon Communications, Beacon Pictures, Longfellow Pictures

Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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CinemaSerf: Phoebe Cates is quite charming here as the enigmatic young woman who appears, very much like a fish out of water, in a Georgian English village. She's clearly not a local, and is heading for jail for begging before a supposed "interpreter" steps in claiming that he can understand her dialect and stating that she is really the eponymous character from a land far, far away.... The local "Worrall" landowners love the idea and embrace her. Not for her sake, of course, but because it adds kudos to their middle-ranking existence with the "county set". Thing is, is she actually a princess or is she just riding the wave - and a wave not necessarily of her own making? Despite the assembling of a strong cast here, the film flows a bit like treacle uphill. It looks great, the costumes and stately homes complemented by a suitably grand Richard Hartley score work well, but somehow the whole thing just lacks spirit. Jim Broadbent tries his best, but John Lithgow and Kevin Kline seem here to be seen in an English period drama rather than because either have anything much to contribute to the unremarkably crafted screenplay. It's an intriguing story - but little of that intrigue comes across here as this disappoints, slowly, more than it dazzles. Pity.