Long, long ago, in a time of magic and dragons, there lived a girl named Rapunzel who had the most beautiful radiant hair the world had ever seen. But Rapunzel’s life was far from wonderful. She lived as a servant to Gothel, a jealous, scheming witch who kept her hidden deep in a forbidding forest, guarded by the enormous dragon Hugo and surrounded by an enchanted glass wall.
However, in a twist of fate, Rapunzel’s discovery of a magic paintbrush leads her on a journey that will unravel a web of deception, bring peace to two feuding kingdoms, and ultimately lead her to love with the help of Penelope(TM), the least intimidating of dragons!
Stunningly produced in computer animation, the movie stars Academy Award(R) – Anjelica Huston* as Gothel and Cree Summer as Penelope(TM). The movie features a song by Samantha Mumba and music by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Barbie(TM) as Rapunzel shows that love and imagination can change the world…Barbie as Rapunzel will thrill children aged 3 to 8, following the success of Barbie in the Nutcracker. Barbie may have started life as a doll in the 1950s, but these days she’s also making her name as a computer-animated film star. In a modern twist on the classic fairy tale, Barbie stars as Rapunzel–a courageous and imaginative princess who is locked away in a tower by the evil witch Gothel. With help from her friends (Penelope the cute purple dragon and Hobie the rabbit) and through the power of her own creative energies, she paints her way out of the tower to find freedom, truth, and love.
Anjelica Huston is memorable as the vocal talent behind the unbalanced and scary Gothel, and excellent sound effects and colors greatly enhance the film. Hugo the mighty dragon, Otto the nasty ferret, and the sword fight between the feuding kings will hold the attention of those brothers of Barbie fans who are less than enthusiastic about watching this 80-minute film, but essentially this is a little girls’ film and the outrageously pink castle, the magical fashion show before the masked ball, and the fairy-tale wedding will make it a firm favorite for that audience. –Tracey Hogan
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April 23, 2010
#1
Where will I start with what’s wrong with this movie. Barbie is TRULY unworthy to be in a movie of any kind, even in a Barney video. What good is a respectful, girly, and fluffy heroine? Now that’s a big yawn-maker.
I now REALLY hate this movie, even from the start and I always will. The first time I saw this movie I might have as well killed myself by jumping off a 200-foot building. Heck, this movie smells like dung and boogers. The characters are TOTALLY two-dimensional, which sounds dumb coz the movie’s 3-D. Anyway, I just wanna get that bee-atch off the screen. I’m gonna feed this…this thing to a komodo dragon! I hope it will rot and decay! As for the protagonist, I will step on her body, squish everything out, and put her near the bulldozer! Now THAT oughta be action! I mean, sure she is a model to little girls, blah and blah, but why would we want our daughters to sit through a movie and trying to emulate the nasty s****y thing that happened to be displayed on the cover. If you think I’m ruff, and this review is wack, then trust me you’ll end up loving me after seeing this mess of a movie. Boys hate it, and when the girls grow up they will too. Although this is a HATEABLE movie, Barbie in the Nutcracker was SO MUCH WORSE.
GAAAAHHH! I HATE Barbie videos!
April 23, 2010
#2
I hate this movie beyond words. The movie is so generic, the graphics are bad quality, and it stinks. I hate the annoying parts like: ‘i’m just glad youre my brother’. the movies are in lack of depth. The annoying dolls are so annoying, freaky, and retarted, i hate them so much. they make me so mad, I HATE THESE STUPID FREAKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HATE HATE THEM SO MUCH.
April 23, 2010
#3
This is even worse than Hamtaro and the Ham-hams. I got this for rent for my sister, 7, who is sort of obsessed with Barbie, and she couldn’t be bothered to watch the beginning. I couldn’t bear to watch anymore, so I tried to take it out, and it messed up my DVD player, I swear there was some sort of bug. This is awful, and you have to be crazy to rent this, and insane to buy this.
April 23, 2010
#4
This movie has nothing to do with the original brothers grimm fairy tale. Although the animation is all pretty and pink, the movie doesn’t even come close to the rapunzel story. It was slamming the tale so much, I’m sure the brothers grimm would be turning in their graves by now. If your looking for the real fairy tale try the shelley duvall fairy tale theatres they at least stay true to the original.
April 23, 2010
#5
This barbie movie is very boring with no plot or action. My children greatly disliked this movie. But one good side effect was that it put them to sleep, so now i love it!