Barbie: The Princess & The Popstar (2012)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

I love this movie so much

Fresh and Exciting

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

BLUURGH! Why? Why? If the dolls weren't crappy enough, HOLD ON TO YOUR LEGO, BOYS, BARBIE'S GOT A MOVIE!!!!! And this, oh, this, was the worst of them all. Princesses want to have fun? I always thought princesses were just spoiled brats who always wanted more money! Oh, yeah. That's SSOO fun! (I'm being sarcastic.)The story tells of a pop-star swapping places with a princess (Barbie) who apparently just wants to have fun with her ugly, annoying, yapping dog, Victoria Fluffy-Pie (What idiot names their dog THAT?!?!?).To save you all the trouble of watching this to see if it is good or not, I one hundred percent assure you that this movie is not good. I know! I've been forced to watch it I don't know, maybe 2000 TIMES?!?!?!

I can definitely see why people- especially pre-schoolers, the main target audience- will like The Princess and the Popstar. What I'm saying here though is that it didn't work for me. And I personally like most of the Barbie movies(my top favourites being Nutcracker and Diamond Castle), none of them are among the best movies ever made but due to stereotyping mainly they do get a bad rep. The Princess and the Popstar is at least better than Fashion Fairytale and Fairy Secret, but for me it is one of the weaker ones of the franchise. I thought the backgrounds and colours were beautiful, the songs were catchy and Kelly Sheridan is back as Barbie and does a great job. However, while I liked the colours and backgrounds I wasn't crazy about the character movements which had a tendency to become awkward. This is the same with the dancing as well, some of it was cool but at other times it got repetitive from an animation and moves perspective. The dialogue is stilted this time around, and in regard to the characters Barbie is too spoilt and pampered and the villain is obnoxious. I'm not sure whether I'd go as far to say that the story is a direct rip-off of Barbie in Princess and the Pauper, but it is derivative of it. It is also incredibly predictable with nothing new or fresh and the magical items idea isn't explained and is not interwoven into the story anywhere near as successfully as Barbie as Rapunzel. The message is a good one and means well, the problem is that I've seen and heard it done so many times and much better. Apart from Sheridan, the voice actors don't make much of a distinction. Overall, when it comes to Barbie it is not the worst or the best but it was very disappointing all the same. 3/10 Bethany Cox

If I could rate this -1,0000 out of 10 I would be happy to. This is a really bad modern remake of Barbie As The Princess And The Pauper, which IS a really good movie. Stupid song parody of "Girls just wanna have fun" by Cindi Lauper too. They copied the song from the original movie, which really made me hate it. If they were going to do a remake, they could have at least made it original. Now they are making a remake of Barbie and The Twelve Dancing Princesses, which I will never add to my collection of Barbie movies ever. The last good Barbie movie, in my opinion, was the Diamond Castle. Then Barbie got flushed down the toilet. The new movies like this have no originality, Barbie acts like a pampered girl, and everything about them is annoying. Thumbs down for this movie!!!

The Princess and the Popstar is simply the princess and the pauper modernized poorly.If you have seen Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper, don't watch this remake. They reuse the music: to be a princess, and change it so it fits the new video. They change Cyndi Laupers' "Girls just want to have fun" to princesses just want to have fun. The villains are pale in comparison to Preminger played by martin short in the pauper.In this one they assume each others roles via a magic hair brush, which changes their hair, and a magic microphone which changes their outfits.However, my kids like it, and your kids will probably too if they like Barbie videos.