Common Sense Media Review
By Sandie Angulo Chen
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Cute doll adventure is OK for tots but tedious for others.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 4+?
Any Positive Content?
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What's the Story?
In the Lalaloopsy dolls' big-screen debut, Peanut has an exciting announcement for her friends in Lalaloopsy Land. But before the girls can hear the important news, they realize that their pal Pillow Featherbed has gone missing. In order to reunite for Peanut's big reveal, the girls must work together to find their mysteriously absent friend.
Is It Any Good?
The only way the folks behind this endeavor were able to produce a 70-minute movie from such a flimsy premise was to pad the story with far too many tiny obstacles to overcome. Lalaloopsy Land may be full of sweetly named locales such as Milky Lake and Dandelion Meadow, but not even the cutest hand-sewn dolls can save this tale from becoming a soporific endeavor for parents and movie-savvy kids. Sure, the littlest viewers and Lalaloopsy fans might get a kick out of the dolls' attempt to find Pillow, but the plot gets old really fast for anyone old enough to read.
Halfway through, grown-ups and older kids (as in, already in elementary school) might decide they'd rather take a nap rather than continue to watch the sugary-sweet girls and their pets continue on their seemingly never-ending search for their friend. On a positive note, kids who are sensitive to any tension or mean characters will find this tale free of both.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the popularity of the Lalaloopsy dolls and how Adventures in Lalaloopsy Land capitalizes on that. Does the movie make kids want to get a Lalaloopsy doll?
How do the girls work together to help find Pillow? What obstacles do they have to overcome? Is a villain necessary to make a movie interesting?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : March 20, 2012
- Cast : Ava DeMary , Sophia Roth , Sydney McCann
- Director : Robert Cullen
- Studio : Lionsgate
- Genre : Family and Kids
- Topics : Friendship
- Run time : 70 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : September 30, 2025
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