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Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale
- Review Date: October 6, 2010
- NR
- Genre: Family and Kids
- 2010
Common Sense Media says
Product tie-ins overshadow this fashion travel adventure.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie is an feature-length advertisement for clothing, toys, and accessories displayed within the film. While some positive messages about believing in yourself run through the movie, the overarching concentration on fashion, appearance, and consumerism overwhelm everything else.
What's the story?
Barbie is starring in a movie about the Princess and the Pea, when she is fired from the set because she has expressed her opinions. Voices on the Internet slam her performances and she decides to quit her career as an actress. To top things off, Ken breaks up with her over the phone, so she decides to take drastic action and visit her Aunt Millicent in Paris. With a little help from three "flairies," she saves Aunt Millicent's fashion house by helping to design a new fashion line.
Is it any good?
Barbie has gone from star of the Nutcracker, to Muskateer, to problem solver in her movie career. But this movie finds her dumbed down and shallow. She says things like "wickedly mindblowing," "mega huge," and "beyond ridonkulously" when expressing her excitement. The cutesy content is a bit over the top: the scene depicting Barbie flying on an airplane to Paris with her poodle, Sequin, sharing a laugh in the seat next to her is one thing. Watching Sequin the poodle sit at a sewing machine to create a fashion ensemble is another.
There could have been some moments of inspiration in this movie, but unfortunately, it depends a little too much on magic of selling Barbie products, and not enough on substance.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether this movie focuses more on material stuff than other Barbie movies. Which Barbie movies have more meaning? Which Barbie movies are about shopping?
Barbie and her friends are super skinny and have perfect hair and teeth. Do all teens look this way? Read more about how girls are affected by the images that they see in movies and on TV.
Why has Barbie given up on her acting career? Why has Millicent given up on her designing career? How can critics influence the way artists and performers value themselves?
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Barbie series, sweet with positive girl role models...age three and up in my opinion
My daughter has watched all of the Barbie movie series since age 3 and I think they are fun to watch, the characters are mostly kind to each other (no namecalling, bullying etc) and the bad characters are not that scary. This movie's villian is a designer who thinks she is the best and runs others out of business. Barbie and her aunt are presented with obstacles and overcome them with the help of their pets and fairy friends. Sweet and harmless, and positive girl role models. The barbie movie series are perfect for girls 3-6.
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I thought the refernces to twitter and facebook were too mature. I don't feel any young children need to watch a movies where a director fires an actress for voicing an opinion or when a boy is 'dumping' a girl. My 5 year old has no idea what that is and I want to keep it that way. This was a tween movie done in animation.
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Materialism is Everything
Barbie is a self centered brat in this film. She is an actress (cliche) and all she cares about is clothes and shopping. The materialism in this movie is unbelievable.
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Barbie sucks now
AWFUL. Totally shallow, over dramatised and too glittery and sparkly. They have totally changed barbie's stories into these catty stories where no lesson is learnt. The graphics are also incredibly full-on. Especially in the scene where all that glitter was thrown on 'Barbie' it was too much and blinding. My mum who has seen all the films with me since I was a child walked away. She couldn't watch anymore. I would not let any little girl of mine watch this. NEVER in a million years. Barbie also looks extremely different now and her voice is all new
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Kid, 11 years old
January 21, 2011
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This movie is ok but i would say the barbie age (3-7)MIGHT not get the fashion theme because fashion appeals to 9-20 year old girls! also the magic theme as many people say to much magic will make the movie worse the "Flairies" are based on MAGIC although the last garnments they say "Those dresses were perfect we just sparkled them up a little bit Also Ken would give up after all that they MIGHT catch a flight to paris but not getting his sweater ruined and fixing a flat tyre
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Kid, 11 years old
November 27, 2011
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Awful.
Here's how the dialouge sounded to me:
Barbie: "Shop! Shop! Shop! Go get a boyfriend!"
Carrie: "Shopping solves all your problems!"
Barbie: " I'm better than everyone else!"
that's all it said to me. boring, bad role models, what next?
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Love it!
I love fashion so I loved this movie.my lil sis loved it too. She loved the flairies. Barbie travels to Paris and I love it!!
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Kid, 12 years old
April 19, 2011
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dont watch this
notice how i did everything for a conccern? that simply means that i hate E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G about this show
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Kid, 11 years old
April 20, 2011
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You Go Zoe Grace1!
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| Studio: | Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
| Director: | William Lau |
| Cast: | Adrian Petriw, Tabitha St. Germain |
| Genre: | Family and Kids |
| Run time: | 83 minutes |
| DVD release date: | September 14, 2010 |
| MPAA rating: | NR |
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