This is like every Bratz movie, one of the best things out there for girls 4 to 8, It is about friendship and team work, and realistic girl characters. it has noting parents could possibly find wrong.
Bratz: Girlz Really Rock
(2008, Rated NR, Family and kids)
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Is it age appropriate?
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Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Sexualized kids' characters meet Camp Rock.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8–18
What to watch out for
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Bratz: Girlz Really Rock was written by Nancy Davis Kho
Parents need to know that although this musical movie features Bratz characters who are too overtly sexy for the tweens at which they are aimed, the story line itself is mostly benign.
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- Families can talk about the camp the Bratz are attending. Why do you think the few adults in the story are depicted as silly or mean? Have you ever had to make choices between practicing a skill and having fun? How do you decide when you're doing too much of one or the other?
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What’s the Story?
In BRATZ: GIRLS REALLY ROCK, the creators seem to have realized that it's hard to sustain a plot that is entirely dependent on shopping, makeup, and hairstyles, and they've moved the action to a performing arts summer camp where the friends must compete. However rather than coming up with a new plotline they've lifted entire scenes from bigger hits like High School Musical 2 (clock ticking towards the start of summer vacation) and Camp Rock (the final talent showdown). Yasmin, Sasha, Cloe, and Jade must themselves learn the lesson that they initially teach the rest of the campers: that even with a coveted movie role at stake, it's more important to have fun than to win.
Is It Any Good?
The teamwork lesson is always a good one to reinforce with kids, although at Camp Starshine it takes a bittersweet twist since the "happy ending" of performing as a group means each Bratz gives up the chance to show off a skill at which they are truly talented. The original music enhances the plot and keeps the story moving along. The evil ballet choreographer Madame Demidov is given a fascinating solo with echoes of communist Russia and Red Army domination; unexpected, to say the least, in a Bratz setting.
But for all its positive themes, Girlz Really Rock presents disturbing and unattainable physical images of its young girl characters: piles of makeup, tiny waists, big hips and chests, all swathed in tiny mini skirts and belly-baring tops. And the goal towards which all the campers are fighting -- to star in a movie based on the winner's actual life -- is a sad commentary on the current American obsession with both reality television and celebrity worship, and one that doesn't have a place in tween media.
Movie Details
Studio: Lionsgate, Director: Mucci Fassett
Run time: 82 minutes
Theatrical release: 9/2/2008, DVD release: 9/2/2008
MPAA Rating: NR
Run time: 82 minutes
Theatrical release: 9/2/2008, DVD release: 9/2/2008
MPAA Rating: NR
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I rate this title on for age 4 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive consumerism
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
Perfect for very little girls.
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I rate this title off for age 8 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
Portrays school as lame, adults as untrustworthy, and celebrity status as an admirable life goal
Unfortunately, this film portrays school as lame. In the beginning, there’s a classroom scene where the teacher drones on in a monotone mumble. The kids are falling asleep during class and discussing the hot new teeny tiny bikini one of the girls just bought for summer camp. The teacher is portrayed as 3/4 oblivious. When the teacher does catch a boy trying on the bikini, the children are saved by the bell and fail to receive consequences for misbehaving during class. Throughout the movie, adults are portrayed as manipulative, bitter, selfish, and untrustworthy. Without a strong adult figure in the picture, the children act as if they themselves are adults. They take a boat out onto the lake at night without life vests, they have no curfew, and they come and go as they please. One of them almost leaves camp to go home early just because she feels like it and never notifies her parents or camp councilor- she just walk down to the bus stop by herself at dusk. The entire film encourages the theme that children are adults, that they don’t need advice or parenting, and that they shouldn’t have to listen to what adults think or say. It isn’t okay for young girls to walk to bus stops alone at dusk and it isn’t okay for children’s movies to discourage children from trusting and confiding in parents and teachers. The film is far too focused on compliments and competition and the Bratz are easily swayed by peoples opinions of them. The children are completely star struck and care more about fame and celebrity status than their art, the work involved in achieving their goals, or the talents of the people around them. The whole goal of their summer camp adventure is to show off and become the star of a famous director’s film. They say lines like “Competing? I thought we were just supposed to show off” and “Bring on the camera, I’m totally ready for my close up.” In the end, they get exactly what they wanted, and parade down the red carpet in stilettos and evening downs slit up to the middle of their thighs. The film also encourages mean pranks without consideration of consequences or other peoples feelings. When they girls don’t have fun on their first day of camp they turn on the girl who picked the camp out for them and they toss her in the lake against her will. She’s obviously mad at them after being forcefully thrown in the lake, so they throw a snake into their friend Dylan’s bed while he's sleeping and this inconsiderate act of mischief bonds them back together. Dylan, is overly sexual. He jokes that he only wants to be a director so that he can check out hot actresses, and when ballet teacher won’t let the prima ballerina eat cake- he offers to be her dessert. He is dazed and starry-eyed over the ballerina and romances her throughout the film. The happy ending, where everyone becomes friends again and learns a lesson about the importance of working together, doesn’t negate the negative messaging woven throughout the entire film. I give this one a solid two thumbs down.
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I rate this title iffy for age 6 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
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I rate this title pause for age 9 and give it
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Ratings at a Glance
| 67% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 67% | of parents say they notice product placement |
| 33% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 33% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 33% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
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