6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (2012)
Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (2012)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.5
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around personal identity and finding happiness, which are largely apolitical themes. Its resolution emphasizes individual self-acceptance and integrating personal desires within existing responsibilities, rather than promoting a specific political ideology.
This animated film features traditional casting with a predominantly white main cast and supporting characters, without any explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, and DEI themes are not central to its storyline.
Secondary
The film "Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story centers on two female protagonists and their adventures, including developing heterosexual romantic interests. Therefore, there is no portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements to evaluate within the narrative.
The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on two young women, a princess and a popstar, who trade places, with the story focusing on their adventures and self-discovery within a traditional context.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an original Barbie animated movie featuring new characters for its specific plot. It does not adapt pre-existing source material or re-interpret legacy characters from prior installments with a different gender.
This film features original characters created for this specific Barbie movie, or new iterations without a pre-existing, distinct racial identity from prior canon. There are no instances of characters established as one race in source material being portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.9
7.2
Critic Ratings
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