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Little Buddha
A Buddhist monk, Lama Norbu, believes that a 10-year-old American boy, Jesse (Alex Wiesendanger), is the reincarnation of his spiritual teacher, Lama Dorje. Together, they journey to Bhutan where the three children must undergo a test to prove which is the true reincarnation.
1947, Kham, Tibet
27 January 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
31 January 1935, Bengal Presidency, British India
26 June 1956, Stockton, California, USA
23 January 1968, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
July 16, 2012
An intimate, spiritual film from Bertolucc, which trying to combine elements of mysticism and Western culture.
December 07, 2007
Although the search for enlightenment may not have much in the way of high-concept appeal, the film should satisfy adventurous moviegoers as well as the large number of adults already intrigued by eastern religions.
August 30, 2004
A crazily mesmerizing pop artifact that ranks alongside Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha in terms of extreme earnestness and quasi-religious entertainment value.
February 13, 2002
A well-realized parable about Siddhartha, the Dalai Lama, reincarnation, and a boy's journey of discovery and death.
January 01, 2000
As beautifully photographed and intelligently-written as the movie is, it has no emotional depth or appeal, and is often as cold and clinical as its gray depiction of Seattle.
June 24, 2006
Bertolucci's epic is a disappointment.
January 01, 2000
Little Buddha succeeds precisely because of its guileless innocence.
January 01, 2000
The modern sequences lack realism or credibility. The ancient sequences play like the equivalent of a devout Bible story.
April 04, 2008
Excellent introduction to Buddhism--strongest portions are mythical excerpts of Buddha's life.
January 09, 2002
Part fairy tale, part travelogue, and part kindergarten lesson in Eastern religion. Not a single part is persuasive or compelling.
December 07, 2007
Bertolucci's celebrated burnt-orange-and-burnished-lemon look remains handsome, and the story itself still commands some interest as a pivot into daunting material.
May 12, 2004
Has some captivating qualities about both contemporary American life and Tibetan Buddhism.
