The Barbie Diaries (2006)

This movie is every plot you've ever seen about a high school. I could not finish this movie it was so awful. If you're just looking for something to show your kids I would still tell you to look elsewhere. The other Barbie movies are more tolerable and better looking than this sad excuse of a film. Please do yourself a favor and watch something that has even a little bit more artistic value than Barbie Diaries.

I actually really loved this movie, because it actually shows kids what its like in high school and the REAL truth of how people try really hard just to be in "in" with the "in crowd" and how much trouble it gets you into for not being yourself. I'm glad the movie actually was more realistic than other movies. Only occasionally does a kid want to watch a movie that has to deal with little princesses being saved and living "happily ever after" and no fights going on, because they will most likely grow up confused and thinking the world is perfect and everything out there is perfect. no kid wants to see that, so basically i really liked this movie.

Okay Barbie is the typical role model for little girls aged 3-9. She can be a SuperStar, Malibu Girl, Businesswoman, Just about anything!The other movies were cute but they all had the same point. She has a few friends (dragons, nutcrackers, fairies, etc.) and she fights off the "Bad Guys" with a little magic. This movie is different. She is totally a normal girl. She has a crush, she is in a band, she gets dumped, then wins the guy back! Gosh, I did that stuff when I was young! She is normal in this movie and it kinda reminds me of a little kid version of "Mean Girls" so its pretty cool.As for the acting, they did pretty good using "not so famous" people. It did not influence little kids to watch it just because their "idol" was in it.Its a fun movie and is cute for young girls.

I have daughters 6 and 8 that love the other Barbie movies, Nutcracker, Princess and Pauper, Swan Lake, etc. These were surprisingly wonderful. Great animation, scripts, production values, camera angles, and most importantly they had stories with character values that you want your daughters to have. You wanted your daughters to grow up Courage, perseverance, loyalty, kindness, sensitivity, intelligence were valued even more than physical beauty in Barbie and her friends. Barbie was a great role model that parents could hold up as an example. She often rescued the boy or saved the day. In Princess and the Pauper, Barbie left the guy to pursue her dreams and only returned much later. Barbie had come far from her days of saying, "Math is hard!" My wife and I bought the Barbie movies with confidence.Quite frankly, Barbie will have to regain our trust after this movie. A teen-aged Barbie giggles her way trying to get in with a popular crowd. The script was not good and the animation seemed off and difficult to watch. Barbie did redeem herself somewhat in the end, but most of the movie was painful at worst and boring at best.The only saving grace was that watching this movie with our daughters gave us a chance to show them how NOT to behave.I hope the producers read this and return to previous form.