Product Details

• Actors: Keanu Reeves, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Brennan, Richard Mulligan, Pat Morita
• Directors: Clive Donner
• Producers: Tony Ford, Neil T. Maffeo
• Format: HiFi Sound
• Language: English
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Orion Home Video
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00062B6QY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,906 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Once a bright and cheerful community, Toyland is in great danger from the terrible Barnaby and his scary creatures who live in the forest of the night. They are trying to turn Toyland into a world without toys. The only person who can save Toyland is Lisa (Drew Barrymore), a girl from Cinncinnati who lands in Toyland on Christmas Eve. But since Lisa is a very grown up little girl, she doesn't believe in toys, she needs special help from the wise but impish Toymaster (Pat Morita), the dashing and gallant Jack Nimble (Kean Reeves), and Mrs. Hubbard (Eileen Brennan). Together they muster an army of toy soldiers and teddy bear to drive the villainous Barnaby and his nightmare creatures out of Toyland.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Edited =(, August 10, 2006

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K. DiGiorgio - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Babes In Toyland (1986) (VHS Tape)

I loved this film as a child, treasuring the "taped from the TV" version well into my twenties. When I finally purchased the video, I was disappointed to realize that the VHS is edited, eliminating some transitional dialogue and two songs ("jail break" and the one where Jack and Mary are singing in jail). It is still a charming story that will be passed along for generations to come, but I will be sure to hold on to the "tv version" that has every aspect of the film. It would be terrific if ORION released a DVD version of this film with all of the uncut scenes in it!

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an 80's classic, December 11, 2004

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Babes In Toyland (1986) (VHS Tape)

BABES IN TOYLAND was an ambitous made-for-TV musical starring child sensation Drew Barrymore, and bankrolled by the Finnegan/Pinchuk Company. With a charming and whimsical score by Leslie Bricusse and featuring a very young Keanu Reeves, this updated version of BABES IN TOYLAND makes for charming family viewing, especially at Christmas.

One snowy Christmas Eve, a car accident catapults Lisa Piper (Drew Barrymore) into the enchanted world of Toyland. Once there, she quickly gets involved in the lives of it's inhabitants; joining forces with Jack (Keanu Reeves), Mary Contrary (Jill Schoelen) and Georgy (Googy Gress) to rid Toyland once and for all of the evil Barnaby Barnacle (Richard Mulligan).

The story is unashamedly sentimental; the screenplay by Paul Zindel seems to rip off elements from THE WIZARD OF OZ in that the main Toyland characters seem to resemble people Lisa knows back on Earth (Mary is her sister, Jack is Mary's boyfriend, Georgy is a family friend, Barnaby is a mean-spirited toyshop owner and Mary's mother is Lisa's mother).

It's quite horrifying to realise that this was around the time that Drew Barrymore started getting into drugs and alcohol (looking at the angelic girl on the screen it's even more shocking). Fans from the 80's will delight in seeing Jill Schoelen and Googy Gress in their heyday. Co-starring Pat Morita and Eileen Brennan.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So bad it's hilarious, January 26, 2009

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Elfenstone (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Babes In Toyland (1986) (VHS Tape)

Out of my fondness for earlier versions of Babes in Toyland, I tried this one. My 11 year old daughter was with me, and at first we were put off by the horrendous acting, directing, writing, and production values, and then we began to find them funny. We watched the whole thing, and and had a great time making fun of it. We plan to keep our tape as a Christmas classic of popcorn camp. It includes a stellar cast, each turning in the worst performances of their careers. Just try to look at poor Keanu Reaves and imagine him becoming a real actor -- it can't be done! And sweet little Drew, who was so precious as a child actor, and would turn into a fine adult actress, well here, at this in-between age -- all I can say is, "bless her heart."