Bratz: The Movie (2007) Movie Review, Trailer, Film Still and Poster

USA 2007
Director: Sean McNamara
Cast: Nathalia Ramos, Logan Browning, Janel Parrish, Skyler Shaye, Chelsea Staub
Rating: PG
Release Date: 3 August 2007
Running Time: 1 hour 51 minutes

The Movie Review

Before I start reviewing Bratz, I just want to share a bit about how I watch this movie, at day one at the theater. I didn't have the guts to pay the ticket to see this movie, since I was one of only a few adults in line. How embarrassing that was. So I went home and the day after I took my pre-teen cousins to watch it, you know just to get another perspective from their age standpoint.

Release daringly in August 2007, Bratz is based on cartoon characters comprises of different major races in Unites States, the Caucasian (Cloe-Skyler Shaye), the Asian (Jade-Janel Parrish), the African-American (Sasha-Logan Browning), and the Latina (Yasmin-Nathalia Ramos). The four best friends are very optimistic girls and far from being


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fashion-blind (in fact Bratz in some point is all about fashion). The girls are about to enter the first day of their junior high school. In that school Bratz's nemesis named Meredith Baxter Dimly (Chelsea Staub) who is also the daughter of the principal Dimly (Jon Voight) has her own strict policy, which is to organize the new students into cliques or groups. Such as the goths, the jocks, the emos, the cheerleaders among others. Of course the bond between our heroines enrages Meredith. At first the four girls stick to themselves, but after they find different interest in which Jade enroll to the science club, Sasha to the cheerleading squad, Cloe to the women soccer team and Yasmin who is the most "sober" of all and still be herself, their friendship is put to the ultimate test. A test that could break their friendship forever or instead make them even closer than ever.

As an adult and as a reviewer I could manage myself to overlook and to try enjoying this musical movie. Try? Yes, I had to try to overlook some irrational things that only exists in a perfect world. Seeing how the four girls have extraordinary capabilities (they're good at everything, singing, cooking, dancing, dressing, sport), and how their life is always full of joy (there is some touching moments between Cloe and her Mom, but that's thin), and how the four girls meet their dream boys who also good at everything. Hmmm...Pretty fake for an adult minded person. And boy oh boy what a wrong perception about the real world.

And concerning my cousins, I regretting myself taking them to see Bratz, hopefully it doesn't make them think that everything in life would be as perfect as in Bratz. Its destructive contents to the young minds should have been rated R! and not PG (Parental Guide), this teen-flick pervasively and slowly creates a lush way of thinking that money is the most important thing in the world. That with money you could dress up like Bratz. Yes kudos for the fashion styles that the girls are wearing, but sigh well, ever heard about inner beauty?

The good side is the directing is good, the camerawork is nice, and the leading actresses are so alive with energy, plus everyone in this film seems to have so much fun in performing in front of the camera. Seeing Bratz is just like seeing Dreamgirls (2006) but with less, less and less struggle and with a different kind of music (The girls would dance and sing too, and so as Meredith). So if you could overlook all flaws stated above and actually realizes that what happens in Bratz is so much different in major parts of the world, then I could go as far as saying, Bratz is entertaining.

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