Product Details

• Actors: Danny DeVito, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Rhea Perlman, Tony Randall
• Directors: Mike Joens
• Writers: George Arthur Bloom
• Producers: Mike Joens, Jay Bacal, Joe Bacal, Lee Gunther, Margaret Loesch
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lions Gate
• VHS Release Date: September 13, 1989
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630203535X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,794 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Memories, July 26, 2002

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Abby Thorne "Binx324" (Rhode Island USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Little Pony:the Movie [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I used to have this movie, and I seriously regret the fact that my family taped over it. This is a fun film based on one of the all-time great 80's cartoon series.

Three witches unlease the Smooze on Dream Valley in order to make it "dark, dank, and dreary." The ponies bring Meghan, Danny, and Molly and their Rainbow locket to Ponyland to save them, but the Smooze manages to suck up the Rainbow of Light before a spell mishap puts it to sleep. The humans, a few ponies, and one brave bushwoolie search for help before the witches can awaken the Smooze and completely flood Ponyland. Meanwhile, Baby Lickety-Split and Spike run away and meet the Grundles before they reunite with everyone in Flutter Valley, home of the magic ponies that can defeat the Smooze. Lots of singing and neat adventures take place along the way.

It's really a fun family movie, and there are lots of lessons that are learned along the way about teamwork, family, and keeping hope alive. The songs are great, particularly "Nothing Can Stop the Smooze," if only for the back-up singing the Smooze heads do. Buy this movie, you won't regret it.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the Greatest, but still Good, May 19, 2004

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geatornez82 "Cartoon Connoisseur" (Germantown, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Little Pony:the Movie [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I taped this movie from the Disney Channel, but my sister taped over my copy of it. This isn't the greatest MLP cartoon in the bunch (my favorites are "Midnight Castle" and "Escape from Catrina"), but this one still had it's moments.

The Witches from the Volcano of Gloom create the Smooze to destroy the Little Ponies and their spring festival, so they have to go get the Rainbow of Light, but it ends up buried in the Smooze, and they have to go find the Flutter Ponies. Also, some of the other ponies search for Baby Lickety Split who has run away, with Spike the Dragon.

PROS:

The music and the songs are really good, I think. One of the best song numbers is "I'll Do the Dirty Work" sung by Reeka and Draggle. Every time I see this routine, I crack up, along with "Nothing Can Stop the Smooze" with the Smooze doing a little 1950's doo wop riff while the witches are singing. Another great song was "There's Always Another Rainbow." Not funny like the other two I mentioned, but still a great song.

The Moochick and his rabbit cracked me up. I love Tony Randall's voice of the Moochick better than whoever did him in the MLP TV series. It just seems funnier to me.

Any scene with the Grundles, especially when the Grundle King mentions Grundleland.

Keep your eyes open during any scene with Reeka and Draggle. You'll find little surprises along the way.

CONS (reasons why I give this a 4 rather than a 5):
A lot of the scene changes were a bit choppy and seemed to come so fast.

The paint job on this seemed a bit washed out.

Baby Lickety Split was a brat, and I didn't like Gusty's personality all that much, even BEFORE she got Smoozed.

I didn't particularly care for Buttons's, Lofty's, Baby Lickety Split's, or Sundance's voices. Having seen the MLP TV series before this movie, I think that explains it.

The end of the "I'll Go it Alone" song, because the animation was a little odd there.

In some scenes, there are ponies that aren't supposed to be there, and they mysteriously disappear later. Something comman in the TV series, too.

But other than the cons, this is a great movie. It's really very cute! You will not regret it if you buy it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Classic MLP!, May 29, 2007

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Sarah Rowe (Proctorville, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Little Pony - The Movie (DVD)

I purchased MLP Season 1 and the movie was considered the first 5 episodes. I remember watching this when I was a kid and now have something that I can pass on that was "classic". The animation is a little off, just for the reason that it's older and it was out before digital animation became available. Although, I would have loved to have seen them put this out on DVD digitally remastered. Unfortunately, they did not, so we are forced to deal with the sometimes choppy animation.

Despite the fact that some of the ponies acted stubborn and bratty, they all come together in the end and make an example of what positive thinking and working together can do. Despite it's age, I would recommend that anyone who has a little girl, or was a little girl in the 80's watch this movie! I LOVE the MLP movie!!