Heidi
Published 2010-08-27
Johanna Spyri's beloved storybook comes to life
Film info
- Director
- Year / Run time 2005 ยท 1hr 36m
- Genres Drama, Family
Paul Marcus directs this children's adventure based on the classic book by Johanna Spyri. Young Heidi is sent to live with her bad-tempered grandfather in the mountains, and before long she has managed to cheer him up. But when Heidi is forced to become a companion to a young disabled girl in Frankfurt, she discovers just how much she misses the mountains, her grandfather, and her animal friends.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:12 | Wow, that cabin is just like I imagined from the books. |
| 2:33 | Is that Mrs Doyle??? If she mentions tea, this whole thing will be ruined. |
| 3:15 | Is it normal for little girls to turn up at your door asking for water? |
| 6:59 | It must be freakishly cold to live in a cabin on top of a mountain. |
| 8:05 | I wonder that if I ran towards some goats, they would probably run off. |
| 11:13 | Is she Irish? |
| 12:23 | Heidi is very adament. "Never EVER beat the goats again." "I will never EVER pick the flowers again." |
| 13:16 | If this film is a bit of an advert for the Alps... it's working! |
| 18:09 | He went all that way in the snow for Heidi. He likes her. |
| 20:55 | I feel like Grandfather was a bit more grumpy in the book. |
| 23:30 | It's all very well sledging down to Peter's cabin, but you have to climb back up. |
| 27:17 | I like that he won't send her to school. He hates the education system as much as I do. |
| 28:44 | Uh oh, Mrs Doyle is back. |
| 35:22 | Her name is Adelheid? Weird. |
| 38:10 | Nicest butler ever, although he may have OCD. |
| 46:34 | It's not a great habit to get into - promising money you don't have, but that you think you might be able to get off your new friend/employer. |
| 52:28 | Tortoise! |
| 54:17 | I really like Sebastian the butler. I would like a butler, please. |
| 1:00:06 | Why would the name Heidi be an embarrassment? |
| 1:08:33 | Surely it's obvious that a playmate for the girl needs to be happy. No use treating her like dirt, she'd just be miserable and bad company. |
| 1:12:22 | Aw, bless Sebastian. |
| 1:15:00 | Grandfather said don't ever bring her back, he didn't mention anything about her coming back of her own accord. |
| 1:25:27 | I can't believe Sebastian didn't come. Okay, I'm obsessed with the butler. Bad times. |
| 1:30:59 | There is some kind of magic happening on those mountains. |
| 1:32:40 | I reckon they might have written and told him about his daughter walking, rather than leaving it as a: "surprise!" |
Thoughts
This was another one that popped up on the iPlayer, and I really have no other reason for watching it than I haven't seen any film or TV programme of Heidi. I listened to the book via LibriVox, but hadn't seen an on-screen version. I wanted to see how it came across by the medium of moving pictures.
It had all the key moments, and was a pretty good-looking film, which is all you can really ask for. Sebastian certainly made it what it was for me. I couldn't quite get my head around the girl playing Heidi and her accent, plus I was hoping for a bit more grump and then a genuine turnaround from Grandfather. Still, it was good.
Rating: 3 / 5