4/5 a great film after about fifteen minutes
  by Jason A. Gagnon (Cobleskill, NY USA)
I'm not a seven year old girl, so it's fair to say I'm probably not the target audience- but the wife is an elementary school librarian, so occasionally I find myself watching a movie I don't believe I'd pick out for myself.

That said, I enjoyed this movie. The first fifteen minutes were a bit hard to watch- this is a live action movie that needs to connect with illustrated classic it was made from - so we get the classic lines from the classic books, which verges on chringe-worthy when Madeline says Pooh-Pooh to the tiger in the zoo.

Once the homage to the book is made, the movie does much better. Frances McDormand makes a wonderful Miss Clavel, Pepito is spot on, and Madeline is quite good.

The hijinks and high spirited goofs are good, and the adventure that caps the movie is, on the main, believable.

Worth watching-

4/5 Wonderful movie for girls and boys
  by Anne (Minneapolis, MN)
My three children simply love this movie. It is one of the first non-animated movies that they will watch the entire way through.

5/5 Great Fun
  by M. Johnson (Twin Cities, MN USA)
My Grandaughter thought this was wonderful. We watched six times. She liked the fact that it was a real little girl and would like more Madelines just like this one

5/5 A kids review.
  by Rebecca Fortmeyer (I live in S.C.)
I love Hatty Jones in this one. She is good and her best friend. I wish there was madeline two. I have a lot of madeline dvds and videos.

5/5 Madeline
  by J. Klingbeil
Great movie. My daughter loves it! Just as if Madeline had come to life! Frances McDormand is fabulous as Miss Clavel!