I am truly shocked by how much I liked this movie. I'd heard all the hype but thought I would hate it. I was never a Barbie girl and was often in trouble as a child for abusing my sister's and cousins' dolls but this movie! Very funny (and touching) and SO beautiful. The cast is perfect, the set designs are phenomenal and, from start to finish, everything is very well thought out. I took a star off because I thought the dream ballet was a bit much but even that made sense after I listened to the extras on the disc and heard the director tell why she included the sequence. The movie is not a children's movie and now I understand why so many adults have gone to see it.