This is a cute movie, as you would expect with any movie featuring Barbie doll as the heroine. The movie features choreography by Peter Martins as performed for animation by dancers of the New York City Ballet - which I found very impressive! The music also features the music of Tchaikovsky as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
However, in my opinion the movie looks like it was created in a bit of a rush and there are some slight imperfections throughout. One of them is that the audio and animation aren't synched as well as they could be; When Barbie and the other characters speak, their lips aren't moving in synch with what their voices are saying. (Picky picky, I know, but this detracted from my enjoyment of the movie overall.)
It's still an enjoyable movie, and I think Barbie fans would like it.
It is a cartoon that my girls can relate to without the scary people in it. They would rather watch cartoons than the regular movies anytime. I am glad I bought this movie for them.
Spine surgery kept me housebound from mid-Oct.through today. Ebay allowed me to find exactly what my grandkids wanted, new and sealed, delivered to my door, without leaving home. This item was no exception -- exactly what granddaughter wanted, new and sealed, delivered in time for holiday-giving. Most important, my granddaughter loved it.
My 4-yr-old LOVES this movie & cannot sit still during certain songs...she HAS to dance. The visuals make it fun to watch & even adults may enjoy this. NOTE: very sensitive shildren may be upset by the violence & suspense. All Barbie movies have REALLY nasty villains but are VERY visual with great music & some humor throughout.
My daughter just absolutely loves the barbie in the nutcracker movie, We have 4 other barbie movies that she watches all the time, so when i seen this i thought it would be a good movie for her, and it has now jumped to her favorites list, I would recomment this for children ages 3 and up, my neice who is 11 watched this twice with my daughter last weekend! so its a movie for all ages!
the movie is very cute. my 3 year old daughter loves the barbie movies and enjoys it very much.there isn't alot of negative and scary scenes to frighten her. she enjoys all the fairies and fanciful stuff.