Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004) (V)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

William Lau

Writers:

Cliff Ruby (written by) &
Elana Lesser (written by)

Release Date:

28 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Musical

Tagline:

Singing in her first movie musical

Plot:

In her first animated musical featuring seven original songs, Barbie comes to life in this modern re-telling...

Plot Keywords:

Princess | Barbie | Mistaken Identity | Prisoner | Talking Animal

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kelly Sheridan	...	Anneliese, Erika (speaking)
Melissa Lyons	...	Singing Princess Anneliese
Julie Stevens	...	Singing Erika (voice)
Mark Hildreth	...	Dominic
Mark Luna	...	Singing Dominic
Alessandro Juliani	...	Julian
Martin Short	...	Preminger
Kathleen Barr	...	Serafina / Bertie
Ian James Corlett	...	Wolfie / Guard #3
Ellen Kennedy	...	Queen Genevieve
Pam Hyatt	...	Madam Carp
Brian Drummond	...	Nick / Guard #1
Jan Rabson	...	Midas / Nack
Colin Murdock	...	Royal Scheduler
Janyse Jaud	...	Palace Maid

Runtime:

New Zealand:85 min | USA:85 min | Argentina:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-3 | Australia:G | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:G | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Mainframe Entertainment

Trivia:

This is the first in a series of Barbie movies that is an original musical.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Anneliese's mother says she missed her at breakfast, when Anneliese has breakfast in bed every morning.

Quotes:

Preminger: [Looking at himself in a mirror] Is that really me, in there? Looking at me, out here? Lucky me!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#32.11)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

To Be a Princess

3 year old daughter is in HEAVEN!

This movie is close to perfect for a little girl who is the frilly/froo-froo/princess type, as mine is. It has "lovely Barbies in beautiful dresses" (her wording), kitties, and songs with catchy tunes. I'm not kidding... she and I both go around singing "...I'm just like yooooou, you're just like meeeeeeeee..." all day! Now and then you can catch her older brothers doing the same, but they will deny it to the death.

Definitely a quality girl's movie. Excellent song writing and voicework. Plus, the visuals are top notch. Colorful animation with incredible facial expressions make this watchable, even for the adults in the room.

The doggish-cat (another cute line in a song), named "Wolfie" is a cute character. I have given up explaining that it IS a cat and not a weird looking dog. My daughter wants one for Christmas now...