Barbie Mariposa and Her Butterfly Friends

My little 5 year-old granddaughter recently came to stay with Papa and I for 6 days. I wanted to get her a new DVD to enjoy during her visit. She remembered I had gotten her a new one the last time she had visited, so she dropped me an obvious "hint" that she would like "Barbie Mariposa and Her Butterfly Friends." I wasn't sure she would like it, as it was a fairy movie, a bit different than her other Barbie movies. I should not have been concerned. She loved it!

Everyone that stopped by to visit her just had to sit down and watch "Barbie Mariposa" with her, and she would tell them the story as it played! The movie held her interest the entire time it played, and she watched it several times in the 6 days she was here. She could hardly wait for her Mommy to come so she could watch it with her! LOL! It was a great choice! I'm glad I listened to my granddaughter and the reviews on Amazon.com!

I personally cannot stand the Barbie movies, but my daughter (4 years old) loves this one. They all do convey a girl power feeling and she cannot wait till each one comes out!

Barbie movies are a great alternative to Disney movies. The Disney movies have way too much drama and are scary. But, the Barbie movies are very well crafted and only have mild bad guys that aren't scary - they are needed to tell the story of right and wrong.

The songs are well done. The graphics are great and colorful. Quality is excellent. There isn't the depth of a complex cartoon like Star Wars or Pocahontis but the audience is 2-8 year olds and we don't need box office numbers or drama for success. They are perfect the way they are.

My daughter's favorite movies of the series include the Mariposa one and a couple others. And, for my 6 and 8 year old nieces, I sent this one as their first introduction to the Barbie movies. They LOVE it. I will send Mermaidia as second. There's only one of the Barbie movies - Pegasus - that I don't love because of one repeatable line the girl says and I don't want her to repeat it later "you ruined my life!" The whole movie is great except that one line and I haven't seen that kind of writing in the other movies. It was unnecessary. Anyway...

It has been watched 100x by my kids. She plus her two 6 year old brothers always watch it without complaints. Great for us on our iTouch for the airplane; on tiny and large tvs at home; in the car. I'm a fan.

Although it drag just a bit in spots, we do love the Barbie movies, always fresh stories about friendship and doing the right thing.

This was the first time that my daughter and I had watched a Barbie movie (of any type) and we were disappointed. My daughter exclaimed it was too scary - the skeezites (sp) eat the butterfly faries and the characters are catty and pretentious. If one was 13 I would expect it would be ideal.

Also - something didnt ring quite right with the accents. And the characters spoke as you would expect them too - that is - they reformed to stereotype. This is something that i feel is wrong = especially as at 4 years old they are establishing opinions that have a long lasting effect. It seems to be narrated by someone who has english as a second language. (no offence to anyone) - but the dialogue is slimplistic and trite.