My personal favourites are Nutcracker, Diamond Castle and The Prince and the Pauper, but while one of my least favourites of the Barbie movies Mariposa is not bad. The writing is rather cheesy and the bad guys are rather ugly in design and while most Barbie movies had a balance of humour, fantasy and scary moments(without being too scary) these bunch of characters alone I think will frighten very young kids, especially if it's their first Barbie movie. And while it has a good message and is cute and charming mostly, the storytelling did feel rushed, perhaps with a longer length this may have been prevented, also there are some ideas that seemed to have been taken from other Barbie movies such as the magic flower thing in Fairytopia. The animation however is quite pretty, not as stunning as Diamond Castle for instance but fluid and colourful enough, and the music is catchy. The characters apart from the bad guys are sweet and likable, the annoying Zinzy excepted, with Mariposa easy to relate to, and the voice acting is solid, I personally would've preferred Kelly Sheridan for Mariposa but her voice actress here was still good, nice and youthful. Overall, not one of the better ones but not a waste of time. 6/10 Bethany Cox
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dianamarinelli9 January 2021This was a good movie with the storyteller being Elina which is interesting since we only see barbie most of the time. Mariposa is a great character people can look after since she starts as an un confident individual but blossoms to be a hero
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hannahmakesstories1 August 2022The concept of this movie is actually really interesting in my opinion. The fact that this is a spin-off of Fairytopia is already a plus. And with Barbie narrating the story, other than being the main protagonist is really refreshing and fun to watch, a new journey with a new main character in a Barbie movie, it almost gives me the same vibes as Barbie in a Christmas Carol, and I really enjoyed that movie. Now to all my opinions. (Yes MY opinion) I really like Mariposa, she's one of my favorite characters in the movie, but no one shines like Henna. I know she's the villain and stuff, but one of my favorite scenes have her, (It's the part where she told Mariposa to join her side) and she has such a fun personality. Now to the parts that I did not like; The skeezites, they're just so ugly. Like the movie is really pretty, and then they just made the skeezites so low quality looking. And the last thing that I really don't like, this might be an unpopular opinion: The gosh darn annoying bunny. I hated the introduction of it, and the personality. Everything about it was so annoying, I'm glad it was the first one to stay in the cave. Oh well, finished with my review, overall 7/10 to the movie.
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Jinn8 November 2008I adore kids movies, 36 going on 11 I am :) I loved the idea of butterfly fairies, very pretty and their lands were lovely, as were the lights and the Queen. Wonderful animation and the voice overs were great. I liked Chiara Zanni as Mariposa, young and innocent sounding and Alessandro Juliani was wonderful as always! He has such a lovely voice! I liked Mariposa's character, a lot - a dreamer like me and like me, she likes her books and longs for adventure...
However the names could have been better chosen. Mariposa, to me sounds like a name for a much older character and Henna ... really ... now all the kids are going to think because there was an evil fairy called Henna that henna is bad (Henna is a natural product used to make safe, natural hair and body dyes and other health products) We-hey! Way to go! (Note sarcasm) As if kids don't get enough junk stuff! My other major beef were the bad things (won't say bad guys as they hardly qualify)... Were really stupid looking and so idiotic, even if I was a kid it'd been impossible to find them scary. They were truly pathetic. They were too slow, fat and bulky to even catch the fairies, and what atrocious writing! ... They *eat* butterfly fairies??? As if they would show that in a kids movie ... It would have been more realistic if they caught the fairies to drain their fairy powers, fairy magic or their energy or something of that nature - still nasty, but more believable for a kids show.
I hope the future Barbie flicks will be as good in animation, voice and story, but more believable characters. And better names! -
freakfire-11 October 2008Wow, talk about a movie that just lacked about everything. But I will give it this - they didn't waste a lot of money on animators or acting talent. Although I am of the opinion that somebody like Jodi Benson could have at least made things more bearable.
Anyway, here it goes. It wasn't really good on any level. The CGI was shoddy and was sub-standard to even the 1995 levels of "Toy Story". You would think they would be at least that good. Nope.
Second, the story. Haven't we all heard of the 'poisoning (fill in the blank) will lead to a better...' storyline in fantasies? Nothing original here. And that isn't even talking about the lack of character development.
Then comes the grumpy looking creatures that, for some reason, can't stand light. Were they supposed to be evil? No clue here. But they sure don't put up a fight.
Even for kids, this was bad. Just because you put the word "Barbie" on it doesn't mean it deserves a kid's time. "F" -
gsanchezsanchez6 August 2018I watched the movie as kid. I loved it too. The memories and the nostalgia in Bharbie movies make me happy
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AnnaPagrati22 August 2021This movie is honestly a 10/10! Seriously, such an interesting storyline & the ending! Oh my God the ending, I'm so excited to watch it every single time!
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thwillandmamshow11 March 2024I really enjoyed this movie. It's such a shame that it never took off as its own brand...: I think Monster High is the reason as much as I love it Monster High is possibly the reason why Mariposa never became a movie franchise.. In a universe where it does I would've bought every single movie movie number 10 give me all this movie is class and Mariposa, her outfit, her a static yes I'm starting at Mariposa Aesthetic anyone And Monster High as much as I love you if Mariposa 2 to 10 came out, I know which one I'd rather choose... Live action... 2026 I am auditioning for Mariposa.... And Yall can't!