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Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses

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Studio: Universal Studios
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

133 reviews
Sales Rank: 892

Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 81 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6

MPN: 025193069825
UPC: 025193069825
EAN: 0025193069825
ASIN: B000GGSMNK

Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: September 19, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Princess Genevieve and her twelve sisters escape their strict cousin by dancing the night away in a magic world, returning only to save their father,

Amazon.com
While every princess should learn and demonstrate proper etiquette, twelve young princesses learn the importance of doing good deeds and following their hearts in Twelve Dancing Princesses. When an overwhelmed King Randolph seeks the aid of his cousin the Duchess Rowena in acquainting his twelve young daughters with appropriate princess etiquette, the overly strict Duchess forbids dancing, singing and anything that makes the girls happy. The girls' misery increases when their father suddenly becomes ill and the future looks bleak until the princesses discover that twelve special books bequeathed to them by their late mother open the gateway to a magical world where wishes are granted and dancing is celebrated. Eventually, maturity demands that the twelve princesses return to the real world and confront Duchess Rowena in order to save their father and his kingdom. This CGI animated production features music by Felix Mendelssohn, ballet choreography by the New York City Ballet, and wholesome messages about morality and the power of family. (Ages 3 to 9) --Tami Horiuchi

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Lovely return to basics from Barbie, fun, classic, great dancing October 1, 2006
A. Woodley (New Zealand)
42 out of 43 found this review helpful

A nice return to good Barbie movies. This is (loosely) based on the fairy tale of the 12 dancing princesses. Rewritten and remodelled for a Barbie-style ballet movie.

Genivieve is the 7th of 12 princesses. Her father calls for the Duchess Rowena to look after them as his wife is dead. The duchess has plans of her own, and with her strong-man servant and her monkey, she works to take over the kingdom and get rid of the 12 daughters. She starts by taking all the fun and colour out of their lives, trying to quash their spirit.

Genivieve, however, discovers a secret magical kingdom below the floor of their bedroom where the princesses can escape at night and dance the night away until morning. They have their dancing shoes from Eric, the Cobbler who also happens to be extremely gorgeous and nice - and not a little in love with Genivieve. When Rowena discovers the secret stairwell she seeks to trap the princesses down there forever. But toghether they escape, and rush to save their father who Rowena is attempting to kill.

It is a lovely movie, there is lots of dancing which is beautifully done given there are twelve characters it is easy to form nice chorus lines etc. 3 are little Kelly sized girls, there are 2 teenagers and the other 7 are adult sized. There could be some confusion, luckily they are named alphabetically from A to L according to age - unfortunately many have very un=princessy names like Lacey, Hadley and Courtenay.

The animation is lovely although there is an odd piece of oddity in the filming. For some reason near the end when Genivieve is luring Desmond away from his post she seems to go out of focus slightly, it might be my particular player.

There are some nice extra features, the making of the movie is excellent and my children were fascinated by it.

I really like the toning down of colours. The castle and environs looked colourful without the overwhelming brightness of some of the earlier movies.

Overall this is a great fun movie which my children have enjoyed a number of times and I also enjoyed. It can be watched many times and still find something new. I just hope that the Barbie makers will be working on another singing movie. the Princess and the Pauper still rates as the top Barbie movie ever - the songs were inspired and fun. My only real gripe on this movie is the enormous number of merchandise from this - 12 characters!

5 out of 5 stars

Fun for young and old dreamers November 13, 2006
Alaskan/Californian (Northern California, previously Alaska)
18 out of 21 found this review helpful

Bought this for my little granddaughters when I last visited them. The three year old LOVED it -- the music is beautiful and the dancing sequences intrigued her. She donned her own princess dresses and danced along, then wanted to see it again immediately when it was over. All the females in the house enjoyed this DVD and I would recommend it heartily. It's basically another version of the Cinderella story.

5 out of 5 stars

We loved it! September 20, 2006
Fireflies
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

My 3 yr old, my 9 month old and myself have been eagerly awaiting the release of "The 12 Dancing Princesses" and now that we've seen it, we all three love this movie!!!

How beautiful the scenery and gorgeous musical score! And such a sweet story about 12 royal sisters trying to grow up in a Kingdom without their mother (it is implied she passed on years before). Their father (the King) tries his best to raise them as young ladies but feels he has fallen short so he asks his cousin the Duchess to help teach the girls to be more refined. I found several points where it was so touching, I got misty eyed! And both my daughters were completely engrossed for the entire movie! All I can say is, it's far more enchanting than any of the other Barbie movies. It seems Barbie's movies just keep getting better and better! This is a beautiful addition to any little girl's collection because it teaches how to stick together as a family, more specifically with your siblings. It is absolustely beautiful in everyway (music, animation, characters, storyline, etc)!!! :D I only wish I could give this movie 12 stars!! :D

5 out of 5 stars

Really fun! September 23, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

This movie is very nice.I like all the sisters,my favorite ones are Genevieve,Fallon, and Lacey!Twyla looks cute when she's dancing.:)I liked the part when they go into the magical world, and seeing it outside, that was really cool! I also liked the preview for Barbie Princess Collection; and Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow. I'm looking forward to buying it! ( But I have to wait a whole year. sigh. ) Anyway,I really like the Shine music video. The game on the disc is really short,I got bored of it. I really love the dvd,and the song the sisters sing to the triplets on their birthday! PS.I think Mattel should make 2 more musicals. Princess and the Pauper was so good!I don't want the first musical to be the last musical! PS.Please vote on my review!PS.The monkey Brutus,was SO rude. :(

5 out of 5 stars

Great for a little Dancer November 10, 2006
E. M. Membreno-Zenteno (San Diego, CA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

My 3 yr old daughter had been waiting impatiently for this movie to come out so I ordered it asap. Ever since it is high on our play list. She loves the music and the dancing and I don't mind it either which is a plus when you only have one tv! The story is predictable but when you are 3 that doesn't matter. All in all an enjoyable movie.

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