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My Little Pony: The Movie

My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)

June. 06,1986
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5.9
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G
| Animation Family

The first day of Spring is on its way and the Little Ponies are preparing for it with a big festival. But all the fun may come to an end if the witch Hydia has her way! Can the Ponies defeat Hydia and her evil daughters, Reeka and Draggle? More importantly, can they save Ponyland from the witches’ concoction, the strange purple goo called Smooze, that’s threatening to bury the whole town?

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FeistyUpper
1986/06/06

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Baseshment
1986/06/07

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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InformationRap
1986/06/08

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Jonah Abbott
1986/06/09

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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TheLittleSongbird
1986/06/10

...at how decent this movie was. I did love it as a kid, but I hadn't seen the movie, its sequel or the TV series since was I was like 9. Now after My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, which is one of the better animated shows I've seen in a while, I grew interested in re-visiting them, actually expecting them to not be anywhere near as good as I remembered, starting with this movie. It is not perfect, the film does have some suspenseful and touching moments but there are times where the slapsticky humour fell flat. By all means there were times when it was amusing, but others where it wasn't. The characters are likable enough and cute, with my favourite being adorable Spike with genuinely sinister Smooze not far behind, but none of them really have exactly interesting personalities and that's including Hydia, who is more a comical villain than a scary one. In regard to this point, without making it overly so I think to contrast with her daughters, who were really the comical characters, Hydia could have been more threatening. And I have to admit I didn't care for the songs very much, with exception of the title song and Smooze's song. The melodies were forgettable mostly, the lyrics coming across as overly cutesy and some(not all, Megan's was lovely) suffered from bad vocals consisting of forced tone and not much of a sense of pitch. Lickity Split's "I want"(type of song that is) song was especially true of all those things. On the other hand, I did like the animation, with the backgrounds beautiful and the colours bright and breezy. The incidental music score is wonderful and full of appealing whimsy, and the story is cute and easy to follow with suspenseful moments and good messaging. The voice cast are absolutely great, Danny DeVito is good although his appearance is somewhat brief and Rhea Perlman and especially Madeline Kahn are a lot of fun and are an amusing double act, but for me the best was Cloris Leachman. Although the character of Hydia is not quite up to Leachman's calibre, she really sounds as though as though she was having a ball providing the voice. Overall, a decent if imperfect movie. 7/10 Bethany Cox

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junebug2950
1986/06/11

This movie was one of my favorites when I was about 6. I was OBSESSED with My Little Pony at that age. I had my share of ponies, of course, and I had to watch this movie every single day. I drove my family and everyone crazy with it. Then, as with all the others, I grew up...Fast forward 19 years. I am now 25, and I recently re-discovered this movie and bought it for my friend's 2-year old daughter. I am now realizing what I put everyone else through, and my friend now absolutely hates me for bringing this movie into their home, because all this kid ever wants to watch is her "pony movie." I just think it is amazing how this movie can capture the attention of today's generation as well as ours. It is an awesome children's movie, with enough songs and action to keep any 2-7 year old busy. I am realizing now just why I loved this movie so much as a kid.

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Stompgal_87
1986/06/12

When I was very young, I loved the 'My Little Pony' TV series on video and I also had the movie on video. On Boxing Day last year, I watched this film with my mother and my brother on Tiny Pop, a digital channel for young children in the UK.This film is bright and colourful where good meets evil. The ponies celebrate the first day of spring while the baby ponies participate in a dance. Evil witch Hydia and her daughters Reeka and Draggle threaten to destroy Ponyland by creating a horrible, oozing purple substance called Smooze that eventually hardens because the phlume is missing. Meanwhile, Baby Lickety-Split runs away because she is upset about the ponies scolding her for 'showing off' in the dance. During the runaway, Baby Lickety-Split and Spike encounter Grundles, a group of friendly monster-like creatures and the Flutter Ponies. Will the rest of the ponies ever find Baby Lickety-Split? Will Ponyland eventually become Smooze-free? Watch the movie to find out.The best things about this film are the songs, some well-known voice actors (Nancy Cartwright, real-life husband and wife Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman) and the 'Casablanca' reference at the beginning where BabyLickety-Split says, "play it again, Spike," instead of "play it again,Sam." 'My Little Pony: The Movie' is a nostalgic 80s film that I would absolutely love to see again and I also wish I had the DVD.

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kandy5001
1986/06/13

A pleasant story. Lots of soft, pastel colors. Smiley Happy Ponies, laughing.Two Thumbs up...and I'm a guy! :)

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