Tinker Bell (G, 2008)

Very rare to find a movie actually without any kind of violence/monsters/really bad guys. Not much nastiness around except for maybe a very mild rivalry between Tinkerbell and on other fairy. Not too long, lovely little music, my 4 year old daughter enjoyed it a lot. And I can assure anyone that I am VERY VERY VERY careful when choosing a DVD as I feel alreadya bit guilty of letting her sit and watch for 90mns.... First was Aristocats, now Tinkerbell has passed my PG!

I really like this movie, Disney actually did good. I was a little worried they'd dumb it down, but instead they managed to keep it simple without being condescending. Yes, there is a lot of marketing based around it, but seriously people - it's toys and t-shirts. I'd rather see little ones playing with fairy toys than plastic guns, and I would think it's much easier to clothes-shop for kids when they have something to relate to. Tweens and teens might get embarassed to say they like it, but my whole family (me, mom, dad, and a 12-yr old boy) all love it enough to get the sequel.

I never gave much thought to the female protagonists in Disney animated movies until I had children. Since then, it's hard to believe it took THIS LONG for Disney to develop a strong, admirable female lead for their animation franchise. When our family first watched this film, I thought it was a little cheesy, but, by the second viewing, really loved the film. The writers don't dumb things down for their audience, which I appreciate (my girls know what "elucidate" means because of this movie!) and the overall theme is really wonderful for girls of any age, but especially preschoolers. Tinker Bell is hardworking, creative, strong-willed, and a true inventor. There's a brief lovey moment with a boy fairy, Terrance, but this is a girl-centric Disney movie with NO ROMANCE! It is fantastic! There's no prince to rescue her, no damsel-in-distress scenario here -- Tinker Bell can figure things out for herself, and, happily, does.

Our two girls, ages 3 and 5, love this movie and both a very sensitive to anything sad or scary. The first time they were initially nervous about the sprinting thistles but there was nothing super scary like we've seen in other popular kids movies (e.g. sharks eating mom fish, etc.) and now they are fine with the thistles too. The music makes it enjoyable to have on too.

I love it! I thought it was so cute! And I love Mae Witman, she's a great voice actress. I also love the voices of Jessie McCartney, Raven Symone, America Fararaya, and Lucy Lu. Its a good movie for little kids, it still has Tinkerbells' attitude she had in Peter Pan, although they made her seem too sugary for my taste, and I don't think in Peter Pan Tinkerbell would be upset about being a Tinker. They also made Tink's eyes really small and her cheeks were huge (nothing wrong with that, she just doesn't seem much like tink that way) Clank and Bobble were neat, a little weird, but neat. Although they did stare at Tink up and down when she wore that dress, at least in the cartoonish version there was something under it! She just reminded me of Barbie in a way, except a tad better, the scenery was beautiful, and I like most of the characters, yes, Vidia too, I think its rude of them to be mean about Vidia on Disney*, they say "she's a loner.. wonder why?" and "She lives in a Sour Plum Tree, ALL alone" and in the movie they make her attitude worse by mocking her (I know she has no right to be that way, but mocking her makes it worse) Its neat, but I really can't imagine Tinkerbell really being that way, in those old "Pixie Previews" Tink seemed to look like herself, and more funny. I guess I'll stick with Peterpan, but this was cool for little kids, just let them see PeterPan first. I'm not a big fan on the whole worlds season's being changed by Fairies, but its just a cartoon. Plus, they're trying to get Tinkerbell to have a love interest, I know her and Terence seem more buddy-buddy, but on the site they quoted that they are friends "but maybe more" Yeah, go figure they'd try that.

All of my kids like this movie! my two year old twins my three year old and my four year old love it

This is a great family movie. Even though it is rated for 4+, don't skip it if you are looking for a movie for the 7 - 9 group. My seven-year-old daughter and I have watched this movie 3 times in the past year. Tinkerbell is a gentle story about friendship and doing what you are best at with pride. The animation is lush and developed, with not many quick cuts. My daughter doesn't like quick action or violence, so she loved Tinkerbell-- but neither was she bored. The rivalry between Tink and Vidia gives the movie some edge, and Tink's mistakes as she tries to go against her talent make my daughter cringe and root harder for her to turn back to her true talent. There is simple joy and humor in the the two tinker boy characters.

I think that this movie is really good. I like it a lot.