Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses

Cute and another favorite of mine

I suspect many mothers don't buy these for their daughters because of the sexy, empty headed image Barbie dolls used to have. A shame, because the movies are the exact opposite of that! I love the Barbie movies for teaching character and values to girls. The animation uses real actors for models, with excellent expression both visually and audibly. Matel writers elaborate on several old fairy tales, like this one, and turn them into entertainment that adults along with the children can enjoy. In this case, the trusted governess, a relative, poisons their father with plans to to inherit his wealth. The young ladies, with some help from a young man, discover her plot and team up to free their father by showing courage and using their minds to cleverly work out the details. Barbie movies always have music, dancing, much of it classical, and beautiful sets and are the best kind of entertainment. Even the littlest two year old girls are spell bound by the beautiful colors, sparkles, attention to detail in the scenes, animation and intricate plots.The heroines are delightful models for girls to bring out the best in them. In this one, the 12 sisters each play a role in rescuing their father from near death, and an older sister finds true love in the hero who bravely assists them, but they are all the heroines, even the littlest! My three grand daughters, the youngest two years old, love to dance when they watch and afterwards, when the music continues to play at the end.I should also mention that their big brother, age 7, told me he enjoys them. There are always heroes in them. He said he would just as soon watch a Barbie movie as the greatly entertaining geological dinosaur movie I bought for him!

Barbie movies were so fun, memorable and great to watch. The stories were top notch. The songs were even greater! This is one of the last few good Barbie movies that was made. Watch this with your little princess and create great memories for years to come!

I was shocked to find out this was one from my childhood but it must have been right at the cutoff where I was starting to get older because I had never seen it before, I had my OG go to’s and this was not one of them but I constantly heard people referring to it so I figured I give it a try and I LOVE it, it adds to my collection wonderfully

I have never been a huge fan of Barbie dolls, so I never gave much thought to checking out the Barbie movies. In my view, there were Disney/Pixar movies, and then there were a whole slew of other inferior, imitation cartoons that were only worthy of being on the dollar rack at the grocery store. Anyway, I ordered this movie only because it was on sale and I needed one more item in my cart in order to get free shipping, and it had 4-5 stars, so I figured it would be decent and entertain my almost-4-year-old daughter.First I was surprised at the quality computer animation. Maybe not quite Pixar level, but still pretty good! Second I guess I was expecting a 30-minute cartoon, but it is a full-length feature. Third, as others have mentioned, the music is very nice, mostly classical, and pleasant to listen to. Fourth, I thought the themes in the movie were nice ("Big or small, there is a difference only you can make", also the girls respect their father, they get along with each other (12 sisters sharing a room!), and they help when needed even when it requires personal sacrifice (both Derek, who gives up his horse to buy back something that was wrongfully taken, and the princesses, who give up their dance pavilion to rescue their father). My one quibble regarding lessons taught is that while the movie rightly celebrates uniqueness and being special in your own way, the princesses were a little unruly at the beginning, and although in the movie the quest to make them "proper princesses" is a disaster, there isn't really anything wrong with having good manners and learning etiquette.)But the biggest praise I can give is that my daughter LOVES this movie. She watches it or asks to watch it every day. And after she watches it, she asks if she can watch it again. Often during the dance parts, she stands up and twirls with the princesses, or tries to copy their dancing. So, here I am back on amazon, to buy another Barbie movie for her for her birthday, before she wears this one out.

Love it

I got this for my 7 year old daughter, who has most of the other Barbie animated movies. I watched it with her, and I enjoyed it just as much as she did. It has an excellent story, an excellent message, and wonderful visuals.Although this film is now several years old, the animation is probably one of the best in the computer-animated Barbie movie series. The textures are finely detailed -- from the sets to the wardrobes to the faces. Movements and expressions are exceptionally fluid and extremely lifelike -- at times, you'll forget you're watching something computer animated. The dresses and skirts move in a natural fashion as the girls dance -- there is nothing stiff about this animation at all. It is a pleasure to watch.The music is also very enjoyable, especially through a sound system. The classical music and original themes really add to the overall atmosphere of the production. The music is probably my favorite part of this film.The characters are enjoyable -- you have your typical villain and sidekick, some comic animals, a prince, and the princesses. Voice acting is superb and believable. The story is written at a child's level, with enough sophistication for adults to enjoy.

I love this movie so much even though I’m an adult, so I was happy to receive this and watch it with no interruptions. Though the one thing I had an issue with was that I ordered the one with the original cover on it (which was the more expensive one) and I received the newer cover one (which was least expensive) I feel as though I had like $10 taken from me, but I’m not sure if they just did not have the original one or if they did. I still wish I would’ve known though.