Barbie: Princess Charm School

A lot of people don't even realize the sheer number of Barbie movies there are out there. Well, I'm usually referring to the ones made in the 2000's. It seems like every direct to video animated movie is traditionally animated. It's nice to see something different. This is ranked as the best Barbie movie ever made, which isn't really saying that much. Barbie plays some woman named Blair.

Odd she'd play someone when she's already a character. She wins a contest to go to a princess school and they actually do set up the story pretty well. It's revealed that she's a missing princess herself and the rightful heir to the throne. There's this rich girl bully who redeems herself by revealing she's only that way because of her parents. That must be a trope. Not the most original idea, but it is pretty good. **1/2

This was a terrific film I am not much into Barbie but i watched it with my little sister we were both amazed. I would recommend it to all little children because it is exiting and the Morrel of the story is you can do anything you believe in they will fall in love with the story because it has drama,romance and comedy in also if your children believe in fairies then they would like this film too and if you liked this one I recommend watch all the other Barbie films like 'Barbie in a Mermaids Tale' and 'Barbie Fairytopia ' 'the Barbie diaries etc so this is a perfect film for all girls who like Barbie they will truly love 'Barbie princess charm school' so watch it today !

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 :')

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

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.