A widower's daughter accidentally brings her doll to life while trying to cast a spell to resurrect her mother.A widower's daughter accidentally brings her doll to life while trying to cast a spell to resurrect her mother.A widower's daughter accidentally brings her doll to life while trying to cast a spell to resurrect her mother.
Anne Marie DeLuise
- Drew McDonald
- (as Ann Marie Loder)
Alf Humphreys
- Bookstore Owner
- (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
Kerry Sandomirsky
- Ms. Weiner
- (as Kerry Sandomirksy)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Another Disney widower based plot
it was OK- my kids liked it especially when younger. It just seems that all the tween shows(Zac/Cody,Hanna M, Drake/josh, ICarly) as well as movies like this could not exist without killing off ONE of the parents so that there can be a sexless love interest for the remaining parent to further the plot. My children actually think that would be a "cool" environment- i guess they don't understand that the life insurance helps supplement the life style.
It reflects the laziness of the writers and probably the throwaway lifestyle of Hollywood in general. It goes back to My 3 sons, Bachelor Father, Family Affair etc I guess but I for one am sick of it.
It reflects the laziness of the writers and probably the throwaway lifestyle of Hollywood in general. It goes back to My 3 sons, Bachelor Father, Family Affair etc I guess but I for one am sick of it.
Lohan credit
The only reason I truly saw it was because of Lindsay Lohan. This movie was funny and really adorable, and Lindsay grew into quite a pretty young lady. With Tyra Banks in it I though the movie was going to be one big fashion shoot, but I was happily mistaken, because she could both act and sing well. Lindsay Lohan, of course, was perfect, and Jerry Burns did a great job as well. :)
Barbie comes to life!
I saw this in the video store and had to rent it. It is nice that there are some clean movies still out there - this certainly fits the bill! I was amazed at the actress selected to play Eve (Tyra Banks). She was perfect to play the part of a real "living Barbie", especially with her looks (those eyes!), as well as the mannerisms you would expect from Barbie. If you wondered how Barbie would be if she came to life, this is a must see! Lindsay Lohan was well cast as the girl who brings "Eve" to life and does an excellent job as usual.
Well hello...Dolly !
Don't you just love these lazy sunday afternoons ? Just laying around your house and do absolutely nothing but watching TV...Unfortunately, I couldn't find the remote when this thing started. I was laying in my couch and the remote was nowhere near...I didn't want anything to spoil my lazyness so I kept watching it.
It was...errrr...CUTE ! Being a 22 year old-fashioned male who wastes most of his time by seeing horror and foreign cult films, I don't think I was part of the target audience this movie tried to reach. So, I also see no reason in bashing it completely. The cast and crew tries so much to bring tears to your eyes. All typical elements are included : the poor girl who just lost her mommy, the workaholic dad who forgets his daughter's football match, the ugly duckling at the office who turns into a beautiful swan ... I'm not being cynical, I'm sure you will cry when you're a young girl (aged 8 - 14) or a lonely housewife ( age 30-55) but if you don't fall into any other category, you'll just watch at it and don't move a muscle. Either that or you have emotional problems...
The cast is filled with "I've seen him/her before somewhere" - faces but I couldn't put a name to those faces. Usually this means they're washed up actors and actresses who can only get jobs in inferior family Disney movies. Except for Tyra Banks of course...She's playing the role she was born to play. A life-size doll !! She's dumb, naïve, ignorant but oh so beautiful and perfect. Her job is to walk around and look hot and she can handle that perfectly well.
The overload of sentiment, morals, drama and unfunny comedy almost made me puke but still I didn't got up to look for the remote. ( That's a good sign by the way...it means this movie is "bearable" till the end )
The monday after, my little niece told me she saw it too and she said she never saw a better movie...so, you see, it's all relative
It was...errrr...CUTE ! Being a 22 year old-fashioned male who wastes most of his time by seeing horror and foreign cult films, I don't think I was part of the target audience this movie tried to reach. So, I also see no reason in bashing it completely. The cast and crew tries so much to bring tears to your eyes. All typical elements are included : the poor girl who just lost her mommy, the workaholic dad who forgets his daughter's football match, the ugly duckling at the office who turns into a beautiful swan ... I'm not being cynical, I'm sure you will cry when you're a young girl (aged 8 - 14) or a lonely housewife ( age 30-55) but if you don't fall into any other category, you'll just watch at it and don't move a muscle. Either that or you have emotional problems...
The cast is filled with "I've seen him/her before somewhere" - faces but I couldn't put a name to those faces. Usually this means they're washed up actors and actresses who can only get jobs in inferior family Disney movies. Except for Tyra Banks of course...She's playing the role she was born to play. A life-size doll !! She's dumb, naïve, ignorant but oh so beautiful and perfect. Her job is to walk around and look hot and she can handle that perfectly well.
The overload of sentiment, morals, drama and unfunny comedy almost made me puke but still I didn't got up to look for the remote. ( That's a good sign by the way...it means this movie is "bearable" till the end )
The monday after, my little niece told me she saw it too and she said she never saw a better movie...so, you see, it's all relative
Kind of awkward
This is still way ahead of Carrot Top or the animated Titanic film, but this still isn't quite good. It features a girl who tries to bring her mother back to life, but instead brings her doll to life. Yeah, it's kind of better and worse than it sounds. In the first thirty minutes, I really was enjoying some of it. As it went on, it did get weaker. I guess it's just because it's weird that this film about a doll coming to life has all this talk about death and moving on. I mean, I know the intentions are good but it was just so weird how they set it up. I guess I could compare it to something like "The Odd Life Of Timothy Green". It's a movie that tries to be sincere but doesn't really know how to be serious with its silly premise.
I think the movie could have worked a lot more if it had more jokes. I mean, it should have been more light hearted. I do admit that the acting isn't bad. Lindsay Lohan is a fairly good actress and she actually does act pretty realistically to this situation. I remember back when I read Disney Adventures comics and how they always promoted Disney Channel original movies. It's hard to say whether they're at least better than their direct-to-video sequels, but they might be slightly. At least they don't follow up a perfectly good movie. This is nostalgic in a weird way. They have in fact made better movies like this, so I say you can skip it. But hey, Tyra Banks isn't that bad of an actress! It's better than "High School Musical", but not by much. **
I think the movie could have worked a lot more if it had more jokes. I mean, it should have been more light hearted. I do admit that the acting isn't bad. Lindsay Lohan is a fairly good actress and she actually does act pretty realistically to this situation. I remember back when I read Disney Adventures comics and how they always promoted Disney Channel original movies. It's hard to say whether they're at least better than their direct-to-video sequels, but they might be slightly. At least they don't follow up a perfectly good movie. This is nostalgic in a weird way. They have in fact made better movies like this, so I say you can skip it. But hey, Tyra Banks isn't that bad of an actress! It's better than "High School Musical", but not by much. **
Did you know
- TriviaThe toy store in the movie is named Kaboodles. They didn't change the store name for the movie; they actually filmed at a toy store named Kaboodles near Point Grey in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- GoofsWhen Eve is baking and catches the kitchen on fire, she screams out for "Lindsay" instead of Casey.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Movie Nights: Life-Size (2015)
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- Also known as
- Una auténtica muñeca
- Filming locations
- 4376 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(bookstore scenes)
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- Runtime
- 1h 41m(101 min)
- Color
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- 1.33 : 1
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