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Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess
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Manufacturer: Lionsgate / HIT Entertainment
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Directed By: Kitty Taylor, Roger McIntosh
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Theatrical Release: May 4, 2002
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Finty Williams, Judi Dench, Keith Wickham, Jo Wyatt
Angelina Ballerina and her friends are about to learn some important lessons when it comes to fair play! Whether she's giving the performance of her lifetime or competing in a race-to-the-finish treasure hunt, she quickly learns that nothing is more important than doing things the right way. In the meantime, Henry almost blows his shot at stardom, the Pinkpaw Twins take an unscheduled detour on their bike through a river, and Sammy and Angelina almost sink their boat! Sometimes, learning to play fair is hard work! Fortunately, Angelina and her friends learn that when everyone plays fair, everyone comes out a winner.
User Submitted Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess Reviews
March 6, 2008
Avoid like the Black Plague
No menus and you can't forward through 5 minutes of insufferable advertisements for other titles. No chapter stops so you can't easily forward to the chapters your tantrum-laden 3-year-old wants to see. Whichever brain-damaged idiot approved this title obviously doesn't have kids of their own and should be fired for general incompetence.
April 2, 2007
Nice video, annoying DVD setup
With a nod to the reviewer below who mentions Angelina's whininess (I find the little prima ballerina to be something of a drama queen), I still think these are fairly sweet and harmless stories. What drives me nuts about this DVD is that there is no way to jump to the main menu or to individual stories. You either have to play the whole thing all the way through, or fast forward till you get to the segment you want. For me, the great convenience of DVD's is being able to hop around more quickly than with videotapes. I don't know what the producers were thinking when they made this DVD, but it's an annoying feature.
February 20, 2007
Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess
Gave this to my granddaughters for Christmas and they enjoy it while playing with their Angelina Ballerina Dolls. Thanks!
February 19, 2007
If you like the books, you might want to avoid the cartoons
Our daughter loves the "Angelina Ballerina" books by Katherine Holbird and Helen Craig, and when we decided to start letting her watch TV, this was one of the first titles I thought would be good for her to watch... Unfortunately, the cartoons are *very* different from the books, in an entirely negative way.
Most alarming of all is how whiny, self-centered and deceitful Angelina is -- almost every episode involves her telling a fib and then having to make up for it. This is horrible role modeling for younger children, particularly since she KEEPS LYING from episode to episode -- there's no character growth, just Angelina being dishonest over and over again, until she gets caught or her conscience catches up with her. I'm also not fond of the ultra-competitiveness shown between Angelina and the other characters. In the books, Angelina always gets the lead role, but she is considerate of others, and shares the spotlight genrously. By contrast, these cartoons show a never-ending series of backstabbing and manipulation... The supporting characters, including Angelina's friends, are made more flawed and unlikable than they are in the books. Alice, for example, is transformed from a perfectly nice little girl into a clumsy, fat, self-pitying hanger-on who is embarassed and envious of Angelina's success. The Pinkpaw twins are new characters who seem to have been invented just to be bad guys -- they try to undercut Angelina at every turn -- and Angelina herself is far less likeable here than in the original books. Frankly, I'm amazed that the book's author, Ms. Holabird, allowed such terrible, distorted versions of her stories to be produced.
The books are magical, but the TV shows left a bad taste in our mouths. They are not on our "safe to watch" list anymore. Parents who were charmed by the books might want to preview these cartoons first, before letting your kid soak them up... It would be a shame to let them ruin the books for your mouse-loving little ones.
November 24, 2006
I LOVE ANGELINA BALLERINA!
I really love this DVD. I thought it was funny when Penelope got jealous because Angelina is chosen to play the Rose Fairy Princess and she is cast as a dancing flower. Angelina realized she had to fly across the stage on a single wire! As she was about to fly during a rehearsal, Angelina fainted. Penelope thought she probably won't be able to play the Rose Fairy Princess and pleaded with Miss Lilly if she can get the part, but she still loses the part. Angelina didn't realize that Penelope pushed her, tricking her into thinking she tripped. During the finale, Angelina concered her fear. Then she thought Miss Lilly can ask her ballet class to do a ballet about a dancing circus girl, who flies across the stage on a single wire. Angelina thought she can play the circus girl, saying it'll be the best ballet ever.
September 21, 2005
Wonderful Lessons
Such great life lessons in this DVD...I bought it for my daughter so she's have some girlie DVDs, and my 4 year old son loves it too!
March 30, 2004
infuriating forced commercials
The incompetent DVD developers really screwed this one up bad. While the feature is just fine, it contains just one track and NO chapters - this means that you are forced to watch nearly 5 minutes of commercials every time you pop in the DVD. Accidentally hit the back button on the remote? Whoops, now you have to watch them all over again. If I wanted this complete lack of control, I'd keep buying VHS tapes.
July 16, 2003
My whole family loves Angelina
Four stories from the PBS television series. In each tale Angelina faces difficult challenges.First Angelina get the lead in the new ballet but must overcome her fear of flying "on a single wire" if she is to keep the part. Next Angelina must face the responsibilities of taking care of her younger cousin when they all go to the fair. Then Angelina and Alice face disappointment when, despite all of their efforts, they are unable to get tickets to a great ballet (or do they?). Finally Angelina faces guilt when troublesome Sammy is blamed for an accident of Angelina's. We love the stories, the music and the voice characterizations. A fun video for young girls, and some boys, with lessons for everyone.
December 30, 2002
DVD content just dumped in a single track :-(
DVD buyers should note that they seem to have just dumped the content into a single "title" without a menu or even "chapter" marks to let you access the different stories. If your player allows direct time access, you can skip to 4:43 to bypass the numerous ads for other HITEntertainment properties...P>The video quality is fine; the audio is not great, but I've heard worse. It's probably as good as ever was made. And my daughter loves it as much as the other reviewers' did, so that's what counts, despite my annoyance with the slap-dash formatting for DVD.
June 18, 2002
My soon to be three year old daughter's favorite video.
I purchased this video because my daughter loves ballerina's and mice (Maisy is another favorite of hers). She has watched this video non stop for three weeks straight. It has gotten to the point that she is repeating whole lines of dialogue with a British accent. Between Kipper and Angelina I'm afraid my daughter is going to want to move to England. My daughter Kaylie falls asleep to this video and she asks for her mice first thing when she wakes up in the morning. I keep waiting for her to get sick of it but it hasn't happened yet. I know I've had enough of it. I had to buy the other video in this series to keep from going insane. This video teaches life lessons such as how to get along with others and how to conquer your fears. After viewing it I thought it was a little mature for a three year old but my daughter seems to follow the stories just fine. I am going to purchase some of the Angelina books in an effort to wean Kaylie from the video. Any video that holds my daughter's attention long enough for me to get some house cleaning down or a bit of peace and quiet is great in my book. Thank heavens for Angelina.
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