Barbie: Princess Charm School

The first time I've seen this movie was around when I was 8 and it's my favorite Barbie movie since.I think it's really entertaining.Now I'm 14 and I don't like Barbie movies too much, but the older ones including this are definitely my favorites.Sometimes I even think I would like to see Barbie movies with live actors to see how it would look like.

I'm going to give this a 9, not for its standing in the history of cinema, but for the simple fact that it made my three girls really, really happy - and it has good values without being prissy about it.

For girls under the age of 10 it really is entertaining.

The plot is appealing - a girl, Blair Willows, wins a lottery ticket to the Princess Charm School, and discovers her inner strength.

All I can say is we all watched this as a family movie night, and we adults normally phase out fast, but both my wife and I really enjoyed this thoroughly and the kids just loved it - it's fun, and funny, and exciting and even though you know the tie-ins are there it actually stands up as a good kids film in its own right.

Charming? You betcha.

This was my Favourite movie growing up and it still is!

Barbie: Princess Charm School is never going to be one of my favourite movies, but especially for its target audience it is very charming. It does have some moments of corny dialogue(though most of it has some nice humour that children and adults alike will appreciate), and I do miss Kelly Sheridan, who was always likable and was getting better every time. However, the animation is lovely, fluid and colourful with attention to detail that was most welcome. The music fits perfectly, and is memorable also, and the story is told very nicely with as always a good message and charming as it should be. The characters are on the clichéd side, but likable in alternative to annoying(it's when clichés are annoying when I mind). The voice acting I had little to no problem with. Overall, charming and well-done, not my favourite Barbie movie but despite Sheridan's absence is up there with the better ones. 8/10 Bethany Cox

My mom and I have been rewatching so many iconic Barbie movies from my childhood (I'm 21)!! I remember being stunned by this movie, the crown scene at the end has been engraved in my mind for the past 15 years.

Looking back at it now as a grown-up, here are some thoughts my mom and I had:

We watched "A Mermaid Tale" right before this, and if anyone is reading this please go watch that we found it soo much better! And I say that thinking that this one was good already. The story is pretty enticing, its best part is the final 20 minutes. Of course the dialogue is kind of basic so I'm prob taking a point off for that but what more can you expect from this genre. The characters are phenomenal, so much personality, Portia is genuinely very funny I really like her and love seeing her mentioned in other reviews.

The only stuff we found very hilarious is how badly animated the body movements are lol!! I wonder why they made them all dance so much if it looked that goofy, but honestly it's just a feature of the time and it made me all the more nostalgic :')