The music was great.. Tchaikovsky!!! Excellent composer.
I loved the movie.
And I think the prince was hot.

This movie robs the classic ballet's music, and ruins what story there was with its evil bad guy. (You'd think it was a Disney flick.) The bad guy scared my kids, and they even had nightmares. He has a long, ugly, & pointy nose. He and his awful daughter transform into birds that are dark and intimidating. The red light glowing evil power from his eyes is plain SICK! He shoots his sorcery red power lightning to harm others and even turn Barbie/Odette into a Swan. Because she's a swan- the prince guy almost shoots her with a bow & arrow.
This movie is tense, tormenting, and was the greatest disappointment ever! Not for kids under 6.

This movie was much better then I expected it to be! I was quite surprised. I thought that the Barbie movies were meant to appeal to smaller children, but I guess that's because I'd never actually sat down and watched one. I found the characters to be very entertaining! Lila was a bit humorous with her smart aleck attitude, and the sorcerer's daughter was quite annoying! I mean my last comment in a good way, since you're supposed to hate the bad guys. The animation was beautiful, to say the least. The enchanted forest resembled a land that one could only imagine with its colorfulness, and magic. The story wasn't completely action-packed, but was enough to inspire me. My sudden liking of magic thanks to this movie was the reason I started reading Zenda, a fantastic book series about a pre-teen girl with unique powers. The original story Swan Lake was altered in this movie, but that just makes it more original.

Overall, I would say that if you like Barbie, or slightly simpler forms of magic, you will enjoy this movie. I would not recommend this movie to those looking for mature, or slightly complicated fantasy movies more on the PG-but-almost-PG13 level.

My 3 yr old received this as a gift for her birthday, and it's been her favorite so far. We've seen it around 20 times in the past month and neither one of us are tired of it yet. It's a simply delightful movie.

Kelsey Grammar is the voice of Rothbar, the villian. He does a few scary things, like turn the heroine Odette into a swan, but for the most part, I wouldn't describe it as a scary movie at all. We now own the other Barbie movies as well (Rapunzel and Nutcracker) and this is the least scary of the three.

In the dvd version, you can select "More Fun" from the menu, and then select dancing scenes. Barbie narrates as it shows clips from the movie where there's featured ballet dancing. My 3 yr old loves to dance along, and even tries to incorporate the head movements. It's really cute, and has gotten her excited about dancing lessons.

Enjoy!

I love this movie although I'm alot older. I love the colorful background and the music. The story is just so great. I saw this on Nickelodeon and I was just in complete awww.