Tinkerbell (Video 2008)

Tinkerbell: Directed by Bradley Raymond. With Mae Whitman, Kristin Chenoweth, Raven-Symoné, Lucy Liu. Enter the land of Tinker Bell and her four best fairy friends.

“The Bad:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOur title character has almost zero points in common with her character from Peter Pan, nor does Peter Pan seem to exist in this universe (we certainly never see him in any of the Tinker Bell series films). The plot is not terribly clever (and I donu0026#39;t feel that just because this is a film aimed at young kids that you need to be overly formulaic) and most of the fairies – who look so interesting – get very little screen time. Tinker Bellu0026#39;s u0026quot;talentu0026quot; feels like lazy writing rather than something clever (and, although this doesnu0026#39;t affect the rating on this movie, the rest of the series seems to mostly ignore this idea for Tinker Bell). u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Good:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTinker Bell seems to have had a personality make-over (probably because she is actually so unlikable in Peter Pan). Now she has more emotions besides jealousy and anger. And she can speak! Thereu0026#39;s also a u0026quot;villageu0026quot; beyond living with the lost boys – with more fairies! This is certainly the best part – all those other fairies have the potential to be so interesting! You want to get to know them and see their u0026#39;talentsu0026#39;. Tinker Bellu0026#39;s talent, is not a stereotyped u0026quot;girlu0026#39;s skillu0026quot;, which is nice since this movie is heavily marketed towards little girls. The look of the film is nice. Although there has been much better CGI since this was made, it is still bright and colorful. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Mom view:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is nothing objectionable about the film and while predictable for an adult, a young child might not see the end coming and enjoy Tinker Bellu0026#39;s discovery along with her. The moral of the story – finding what you are good at and being happy in that – is not bad, but it might also be seen as u0026quot;donu0026#39;t try things you arenu0026#39;t skilled atu0026quot;, which isnu0026#39;t as good of a lesson to absorb. Iu0026#39;d be willing to let my preschool/toddler kids see this – including the boys – but itu0026#39;s not the most interesting or well done movie out there for young kids. Uunless you have a child who absolutely loves fairies (NOT one who loves Peter Pan), this is pretty skip-able.”