Back to trending
Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale

Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale

Family · Animation · 2010

Barbie, a popular actress on a sabbatical, learns that her fashion designer aunt Millicent has sold her business to a rival. With the help of a few magical beings, Barbie steps in to save the day.

Movie details

Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale

“Discover your inner sparkle!”

2010 Family · Animation 1h 19m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.3 / 10

1.8K votes

TMDB

7.3 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Barbie, a popular actress on a sabbatical, learns that her fashion designer aunt Millicent has sold her business to a rival. With the help of a few magical beings, Barbie steps in to save the day.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.

Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol'

Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol'

Animation · 2008

On Christmas Eve, Kelly is reluctant to go to a Christmas Eve ball, so Barbie tells her the story of Eden Starling, a glamorous singing diva in the Victorian England and the owner of a theatre house. However, Eden is self-centered and loves only herself. She is frequently accompanied by her snooty cat, Chuzzlewit. She does not believe in Christmas and orders all her employees to work on Christmas.

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar

Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar

Family · 2012

Tori is a blonde princess who is bored of living her royal life, and has dreams of becoming a popstar. Keira, on the other hand, is a brunette popstar who dreams of being a princess. When the two meet, they magically trade places, but after realising it is best to be themselves.

Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus

Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus

Animation · 2005

Princess Annika escapes the clutches of the evil wizard, explores the wonders of Cloud Kingdom, and teams up with a magnificent winged horse - who turns out to be her sister, Princess Brietta - to defeat the wizard and break the spells that imprisoned her family.

Barbie and the Diamond Castle

Barbie and the Diamond Castle

Animation · 2008

Liana and Alexa are best friends who share everything, including their love of singing. Upon meeting a girl inside a mirror, the duo embark on a journey that will put their friendship to the ultimate test.

Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2

Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2

Animation · 2012

Merliah Summers, a mermaid from Oceana, travels to Australia for a surfing competition. But when she learns that the evil Eris is planning to take over her kingdom, she must stop her at any cost.

Barbie: The Pearl Princess

Barbie: The Pearl Princess

Family · 2014

Barbie plays Lumina, a mermaid girl with the power to change the color of pearls. Cheerful and creative, Lumina finds herself working in a mermaid salon customizing fabulous hairstyles. And when Lumina has the chance to attend the royal ball, her friends adorn her with a gown fit for a princess. At the ball, villains try to seize power over the kingdom, and Lumina finds within herself an unexpected power that proves she is much more than a hair stylist.

Barbie as Rapunzel

Barbie as Rapunzel

Animation · 2002

Barbie stars as Rapunzel, a young girl who is entrapped by a magical barrier by the wicked, Gothel. Rapunzel finds an escape where she finds a Prince and a feud between two kingdoms which goes back to the day she was kidnapped as a child.

Barbie: Fairytopia

Barbie: Fairytopia

Animation · 2005

Elina is a flower fairy who discovers that her home of Magic Meadow has been overcome by a horrible malady that is killing the flowers and making the fairies unable to fly. With the help of Bibble, a puffball and a giant butterfly named Hue she attempts to find Azura, a Guardian Fairy. She's challenged along the way by the evil Laverna who wants to usurp the Enchantress, the ruler of Fairytopia.

Barbie: A Perfect Christmas

Barbie: A Perfect Christmas

Animation · 2011

The vacation plans of Barbie and her sisters take a turn due to a snowstorm. Stranded in Tannenbaum town, they find themselves amidst a holiday venture where they learn a heartwarming lesson.

Barbie & Her Sisters in a Puppy Chase

Barbie & Her Sisters in a Puppy Chase

Family · 2016

Barbie and her sisters go to an island paradise for a dance competition, but they must work together as a team to find their pets after their furry friends go missing at a horse festival.

Where it lives

Watch in your region.

Cinema release signals and current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region.

Streaming availability data supplied by JustWatch.

Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

William Lau

Written by

Elise Allen

Diana Kaarina

Diana Kaarina

Barbie Roberts (voice)

Adrian Petriw

Adrian Petriw

Ken Carson (voice)

Tabitha St. Germain

Tabitha St. Germain

Marie-Alecia 'Alice' (voice)

Patricia Drake

Patricia Drake

Aunt Millicent (voice)

Alexa Devine

Alexa Devine

Jacqueline (voice)

Shannon Chan-Kent

Shannon Chan-Kent

Delphine (voice)

Maryke Hendrikse

Maryke Hendrikse

Teresa / Incidental (voice)

Court is in session

Put Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.