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Barbie Mariposa & the Fairy Princess

By Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 4+

Highly marketed fairy adventure promotes cultural awareness.

Movie NR 2013 75 minutes
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age 5+

Based on 2 parent reviews

age 5+

A Friendly Kid Movie

A Good Movie! One of my favorite Barbie sequels.This is the sequel to Barbie Mariposa and her Butterfly Fairy Friend's.There is a witch as the villain she wants something but she doesn't get it and returns. If your child is 5 watching this I recommend watching with a grown-up. If your child is 6/7 or up they can watch by themselves.

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
age 5+

A Good Movie!

One of my favorite Barbie sequels.This is the sequel to Barbie Mariposa and her Butterfly Fairy Friend's.There is a witch as the villain she wants something but she doesn't get it and returns. If your child is 5 watching this I recommend watching with a grown-up. If your child is 6/7 or up they can watch by themselves.

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (2 ):
Kids say (1 ):

Chances are good that if this DVD's playing at your house, you probably don't have fundamental issues with the Barbie franchises; if that's the case, then this is actually one of the better titles. Mariposa is intelligent, a book lover (she's a librarian then a diplomat!), and culturally sensitive (she refuses to believe the stereotypes about crystal fairies and wants to prove that the ridiculous rumors about butterfly fairies all having fire breath and warrior skill are wrong too).

Although Prince Carlos is obviously smitten with Mariposa, there's no overt romantic story line, and most of the plot revolves around Mariposa and Princess Catania befriending each other despite their cultural differences. Zee is a very minion-like (Despicable Me) creature who speaks her own language but can be understood perfectly with her expressive eyes and gestures. So as Barbie movies go, this one promotes literacy, diplomacy, and looking past superficial differences to what friends have in common.

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