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Princess Caraboo

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Princess Caraboo (1994)

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Reviews Counted:14

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Rotten:6

Average Rating:5.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Princess Caraboo is kidnapped from her Pacific island palace of luxury and escapes a pirate's ship, swimming for her life into an English village where nobody knows her name and her language. It... Princess Caraboo is kidnapped from her Pacific island palace of luxury and escapes a pirate's ship, swimming for her life into an English village where nobody knows her name and her language. It takes time, and time again for her to tell her story with her hands and eyes, and slowly, the village people begin to understand, to disbelieve and to fall in love with the elusive and beautiful royal femme. [More]

Starring: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline

Starring: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Stephen Rea

Director: Michael Austin

Director: Michael Austin

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The great costumes and sets are more substantial than the plot and characters.

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This would probably be a hit in 2003. Yes, it is that horrible.

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This snappy and exuberant comedy celebrates creativity as an asset of free spirits.

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