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Strawberry Shortcake - The Sweet Dreams Movie

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

"The Sweet Dreams Movie" is the first ever CGI film for the "Strawberry Shortcake" series. It was shown in limited release in theatres and is now available on DVD.


Positives:

- To me, the CGI animation really isn't bad. Though I was thrown off by the look of it at first, I quickly grew used to it. I found some of it to actually be rather nice-looking. I also thought that the characters looked for the most part like they do in the TV show. Certainly a better effort to me than the CGI for "Clifford's Really Big Movie" (mediocre) and "Arthur's Missing Pal." (Not good at all.)

- Music and songs --- the best highlight of the film. "How a Garden Grows" is a fast-paced, standout song and very catchy. A couple of other fun songs include "All it Takes" and "The Land of Dreams." The songs overall are berry nice and drive the plot along.

- Characters - This film introduces a number of new characters to the series. Doing this sort of thing is always a bit of a tightrope, but I think all of the new characters work fairly well here. Raspberry Torte, works well as a reluctant protagonist (looking out for Lemon Meringue) and even though the series doesn't necessarily need villains to make it interesting, Purple Pie Man and his sister Sour Grapes fill the role well enough.

- Story - A decent enough plotline, though a bit slow-starting. The Land of Dreams was a fun place to visit and I wouldn't mind seeing it in the series again.


Negatives:

- No special features other than Spanish subtitles and previews for other releases on this DVD. Most of the other "Strawberry Shortcake" DVDs at least have a music video and other such direct-to-video (or near direct-to-video) DVD releases have managed to put together at least reasonably interesting special features, so there's no reason why this shouldn't have any.

- Strawberry Shortcake's sister Apple Dumplin' is once again absent-without-leave, a disappointment, as she is one of the best characters in the series. Huckleberry Pie and Blueberry Muffin are also nowhere to be found.


This film, per the closing credits, was dedicated with love to Pam Carter, who served as a voice director for the series.

I purchased this movie for my kid sisters and I was extremely disappointed in it. The characters in the movie weren't like the characters in the shorter videos like "Strawberry Shortcake In Ice Cream Island or Cooking up Fun." The appearance of the characters were more digital and phony. They appeared to have a latex type of face and body. They also didn't sound the same as they do in the other videos.

As far as the story it wasn't bad. The sleep bug was sooooo cute. You got to see the sandman and how he makes dreams. I think if they left the characters they same as they were in the other videos I would've enjoyed it more and so would've my sisters.

This didn't go over well with the wee ones in my home at all. The older Strawberry Shortcake stories had an innocent charm that was completely lacking here. The whole thing seemed crass and the story didn't have enough ideas to sustain it through feature length. When the kids walk away before the show's over, it's a bad sign.

MY DAUGHTER LOVES STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, SHE WATCHES ALL THE EPISODES FROM BEGINNING TO THE END, BUT THE MOVIE LOOKS DIFFERENT AND SHE LOOSES INTEREST...SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THE TV EPISODES...

Wow, after watching this, I'm disappointed! The usually super-cute gang has been annimated into a funky, scary bunch in an attempt to make them seem, well, more life-like. imho, They look fugly! Although the story itself is cute, there are much better choices out there in Starwberry land. Click over to the recent Berry Fairy Tales or Moonlight Mysteries (steer clear of this plot if you have really young ones).

Cute movie. It's nice to see the love for Strawberry Shortcake and friends being passed on to a new generation. My two year-old and five year-old love the songs and we find ourselves singing them throughout the day. I wonder why they changed Raspberry Tart to Torte? Has Sour Grapes always been Pieman's sister? Hrmm..

My biggest peeve about the movie is that "ing" does not seem to be in the voice actors' vocabularies. ("Mornin' Comin' Shinin") Also, too many "gottas" as opposed to "haftas"...just a slight peeve of mine. Haha. I loved the computer animation very much so. Sour Grapes looks like Renee Zellweger, hahaha.

My daughter loves it. Has watched it more than once.

I have 1 boy and 2 girls, I grew up with strawberry shortcake! I love her!
My 3 yr old likes her. I bought this movie for my 3 and 1 yr old daughters and they really enjoyed this movie. My 3 yr old didn't like the purple pie man she said he was a little scary. But he isn't scary just bad!
It doesn't compare to the old strawberry shortcake but it's the new strawberry shortcake for this generation!!

My daughter who is only 14 months loves this movie. This is Strawberry Shortcake without all of the new Bratz style makeover. The songs are real catchy and I find my wife singing the songs to my daughter who responds with a big smile on her face. There is a villain called the Pieman but he isn't too scary. Overall a great movie for toddlers.

My kids love this movie! They are big fans of Strawberry Shortcake and this movie has become their favorite.