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By Carrie R. Wheadon
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Kitschy '70s Pippi is kid adventure-fantasy at its best.
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Pippi Longstocking: Pippi in the South Seas
What's the Story?
Right after Annika and Tommy's parents leave them with Pippi for three weeks a message arrives in a bottle from Pippi's dad. He's being held captive by pirates and needs Pippi to save him! The trio doesn't hesitate to hop into Pippi's hot air balloon-bed and head south. After a few desert island strandings, the building of a plane, and the hijacking of a pirate ship they make it to the island. But it's crawling with pirates. They may be shaking in their boots that Pippi's coming, but they have their cannons ready. Can she save her papa? Of course she can.
Is It Any Good?
Sure, the dubbing is just awful and the effects are so very early '70s, but Pippi-loving kids won't care a bit. This Swedish Pippi is perfect. She dances and sings while she faces off against pirates and shrugs off any difficulties with her extreme confidence that everything will turn out great.
This is kid adventure fantasy at its very best. Expect hours of pretend play after the movie's over with basements turned into desert islands, big boxes and bike parts made into airplanes, and the cardboard scraps made into cutlasses. En garde!
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how they first discovered Pippi Longstocking. Was it through the books by Astrid Lindgren? Or through old movies like this one?
What are your impressions of Pippi? How is she different from other girl characters in movies? Is she a role model?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : October 4, 2005
- Cast : Inger Nilsson , Maria Persson , Par Sundberg
- Director : Olle Hellborn
- Studio : Henstooth Video
- Genre : Family and Kids
- Topics : Fantasy ( Magic ) , Adventures , Book Characters , Arts ( Music and Sing-Along )
- Run time : 96 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : September 30, 2025
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