Barbie Presents: Thumbelina: Barbie: Movies & TV

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Barbie Presents: Thumbelina: Barbie: Movies & TV

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Barbie knows that even the smallest person can make a difference in the world, so when she leads a group of young children on a tree planting expedition in a nature preserve, she makes sure that each child knows that his or her action is important and meaningful. To illustrate her point, Barbie tells the kids the story of a young Twillerbee named Thumbelina who vowed to save her people and their world from destruction in spite of enormous odds. When humans Evan and Vanessa decide to raze an extensive flower field to build a new factory, their spoiled daughter Makena demands a patch of the flowers be brought home in hopes of impressing her equally spoiled friend Violet. Twillerbees Thumbelina, Janessa, and Chrysella, who live in the field with hundreds of other Twillerbees, are accidentally transported with the flowers. Before they can escape and return home, the three discover the plan to destroy their field. Thumbelina resolves to stop the destruction of the fi! eld by appealing to Makena and her parents while Janessa and Chrysella return home with plans to sabotage the demolition equipment and delay groundbreaking. Makena is initially uncooperative, but Thumbelina’s heartfelt appeal and her genuine offer of friendship eventually persuade Makena to try to convince her parents to halt construction. Can one small girl and one tiny Twillerbee possibly save the Twillerbees and their habitat? Perhaps anything is possible if you believe. (Ages 3 and older) –Tami Horiuchi

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Product Description
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/17/2009 Run time: 75 minutes Rating: Nr

Dissapointed with Thumbelina…..,

By Ashley Maple -

I tried to look for any reviews befor buying this DVD, but found none. I was weary of buying it without reading any reviews, but figured it was worth a shot…however I regret buying it and will probably pass it along to a friend who wants it. I watched it with my 3 and 4 year old daughters today. The girls in the movie are rich snobs who are always competing with eachother to get the better “thing”. One of the girl’s dad buys her an island named after her, and then the main character teases her about being the last person in the world to have an island named after her. They go back and forth the whole movie about trying to impress eachother with their newer, better acquisition. McKenna and her friend Violet have severe attitude problems and their speech is dripping with contempt and superiority each time they talk to eachother.

Overall the message is good…McKenna changes her tune and befriends Thumbelina (who is small but brave and is a hero in her own right). Barbie wraps up the story by reminding her group of kids that even the smallest person/tree can make a big difference. But the snobby interaction between the friends and the emphasis on impressing eachother is just not something I want my girls to watch over and over. Just my thoughts……

Great; a nice change,

By jillybug -

My four-year-old and her friends LOVE this movie (my 2 1/2 year old, too), and while I have to agree that the snobbish attitudes of the rich girls aren’t my favorite, overall, I liked the show and thought it was a nice change from the many Barbie movies that have an evil “villain” character in them. True, it’s not really the story of Thumbelina, but it’s a cute, refreshing story, not scary at all for little ones, and I quite enjoyed it myself, for what it is. I recommend it.

Kind of annoying,

By David C. Lewis “Big Kid” (Mason, OH United States) -

We own a few of the Barbie movies and my 3 year old daughter wanted this one too. I was a bit hesitant because I didn’t really like the look of the littler character. After watching it I was even more disappointed. The voices of the fairy characters are very annoying and even though the message is good in the end, the way the friends behave is not exactly good viewing material for the young girls watching this. I also was disappointed at the lack of songs, which is one thing I like about most of the other movies. Stick with some of the other movies!
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