Barbie Mariposa

I watched the movie as kid. I loved it too. The memories and the nostalgia in Bharbie movies make me happy

This was a good movie with the storyteller being Elina which is interesting since we only see barbie most of the time. Mariposa is a great character people can look after since she starts as an un confident individual but blossoms to be a hero

A boring movie with boring characters and plot and a boring story, I can't even really say anything good, only that some of the side characters have development, otherwise it's a pretty badly written movie, the animation is also average if not worse, not to mention the protagonist and antagonist who are basically just as bad, and I don't even know what I could even praise this movie for, except for the cute flying bunny, but mostly it's pretty bad, really bad, even Barbie fans mostly didn't appreciate this movie, what to speak about ordinary people like me, you won't see any special message except for kids, so I definitely don't recommend this movie, unless you're going to watch it with your kid, in which case of course, but otherwise absolutely not.

Wow, talk about a movie that just lacked about everything. But I will give it this - they didn't waste a lot of money on animators or acting talent. Although I am of the opinion that somebody like Jodi Benson could have at least made things more bearable.

Anyway, here it goes. It wasn't really good on any level. The CGI was shoddy and was sub-standard to even the 1995 levels of "Toy Story". You would think they would be at least that good. Nope.

Second, the story. Haven't we all heard of the 'poisoning (fill in the blank) will lead to a better...' storyline in fantasies? Nothing original here. And that isn't even talking about the lack of character development.

Then comes the grumpy looking creatures that, for some reason, can't stand light. Were they supposed to be evil? No clue here. But they sure don't put up a fight.

Even for kids, this was bad. Just because you put the word "Barbie" on it doesn't mean it deserves a kid's time. "F"

My personal favourites are Nutcracker, Diamond Castle and The Prince and the Pauper, but while one of my least favourites of the Barbie movies Mariposa is not bad. The writing is rather cheesy and the bad guys are rather ugly in design and while most Barbie movies had a balance of humour, fantasy and scary moments(without being too scary) these bunch of characters alone I think will frighten very young kids, especially if it's their first Barbie movie. And while it has a good message and is cute and charming mostly, the storytelling did feel rushed, perhaps with a longer length this may have been prevented, also there are some ideas that seemed to have been taken from other Barbie movies such as the magic flower thing in Fairytopia. The animation however is quite pretty, not as stunning as Diamond Castle for instance but fluid and colourful enough, and the music is catchy. The characters apart from the bad guys are sweet and likable, the annoying Zinzy excepted, with Mariposa easy to relate to, and the voice acting is solid, I personally would've preferred Kelly Sheridan for Mariposa but her voice actress here was still good, nice and youthful. Overall, not one of the better ones but not a waste of time. 6/10 Bethany Cox