4
out of
4
people found the following review helpful:
Good theme, fun music, script needs more work
Overall Recommendation:
4 stars
Premise:
5 stars
Story structure:
3 stars
Character:
4 stars
Dialogue:
2 stars
Emotion:
4 stars
January 23, 2012
I really like the premise - the 12 Princesses story is less familiar, so there's a lot of room for interpretation. The dialogue seems thin - even for a children's movie, it seems obvious (during a lot of the movie I found myself saying the punchlines in my head before the characters spoke). The bad fairy is a good character, but I grew tired of the repeated "nincompoop" comment (I understand the intention, but it fell flat for me).
The short resolution is fine - it works well with an animated feature - but I think the exposition could be tightened up to allow more character development for the king, Doyle, Bob, and Frank. I don't know if I'm supposed to identify with January or not. The characters still seem a bit thin - there is room to develop them.
I enjoyed watching - it needs a little more work before it would make my DVD collection.
The short resolution is fine - it works well with an animated feature - but I think the exposition could be tightened up to allow more character development for the king, Doyle, Bob, and Frank. I don't know if I'm supposed to identify with January or not. The characters still seem a bit thin - there is room to develop them.
I enjoyed watching - it needs a little more work before it would make my DVD collection.