Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar

Look, yeah it is a kids movie with a pretty basic story line but the main songs throughout the movie show that effort and money has not been spared when producing them. Not sure why the low score but uo there out of all the barbie movies.

Tori is a blonde princess who is bored of living her royal life, and has dreams of becoming a popstar. Keira, on the other hand, is a brunette popstar who dreams of being a princess. When the two meet, they magically trade places, but after realizing it is best to be themselves. When the graceful young princess, Tori, switches places with her favorite singer, Keira, the girls will have to work together to save Meribella's kingdom. Will the princess and pop star learn to appreciate the power of uniqueness?

Those super beat and well-known themes of changing bodies, the princess surrounded by her freedom versus the pop Star fulfilling her contracts that prune her freedom... Very cute, musically predictable, tasty, good to pass the time... I think I have crush on Barbie movies... S2... And all her pink universe...

I can definitely see why people- especially pre-schoolers, the main target audience- will like The Princess and the Popstar. What I'm saying here though is that it didn't work for me. And I personally like most of the Barbie movies(my top favourites being Nutcracker and Diamond Castle), none of them are among the best movies ever made but due to stereotyping mainly they do get a bad rep. The Princess and the Popstar is at least better than Fashion Fairytale and Fairy Secret, but for me it is one of the weaker ones of the franchise. I thought the backgrounds and colours were beautiful, the songs were catchy and Kelly Sheridan is back as Barbie and does a great job. However, while I liked the colours and backgrounds I wasn't crazy about the character movements which had a tendency to become awkward. This is the same with the dancing as well, some of it was cool but at other times it got repetitive from an animation and moves perspective. The dialogue is stilted this time around, and in regard to the characters Barbie is too spoilt and pampered and the villain is obnoxious. I'm not sure whether I'd go as far to say that the story is a direct rip-off of Barbie in Princess and the Pauper, but it is derivative of it. It is also incredibly predictable with nothing new or fresh and the magical items idea isn't explained and is not interwoven into the story anywhere near as successfully as Barbie as Rapunzel. The message is a good one and means well, the problem is that I've seen and heard it done so many times and much better. Apart from Sheridan, the voice actors don't make much of a distinction. Overall, when it comes to Barbie it is not the worst or the best but it was very disappointing all the same. 3/10 Bethany Cox

I know, I know, there's no spoilers.

I heard that this is one of the most unserious movies I've ever seen as of what I can see from "The Princess and the Pauper". Some parts actually made me bored and frustrated at the same time (for example: running away when someone says "hi" while laughing, throwing a microphone at the audience (especially Tori's behavior), etc.) The sidekicks actually have no sense and the only one has a good one is Vanessa. The soundtrack wise is okay, but I found some to be the laziest (for example: here's a camera, and a camera, and a camera, stretch on a golden yoga mat, tweet everyone your latest news and sitting for thousand interviews). I may want to say skip this movie if you're planning to watch your Barbie movie marathon...

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