Regular Price $9.98

Starring: Finty Williams,  Judi Dench,  Jo Wyatt,  Keith Wickham, 
Directed By: Kitty Taylor,  Roger McIntosh, 
Rated: G (General Audience)
Release Date: 2002-05-04
Studio: Lionsgate / HIT Entertainment
Format: Animated,  Closed-captioned,  Color,  DVD-Video,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess

Description
Angelina Ballerina and her friends are about to learn some important lessons when it comes to fair play! Whether she's giving the performance of her lifetime or competing in a race-to-the-finish treasure hunt, she quickly learns that nothing is more important than doing things the right way. In the meantime, Henry almost blows his shot at stardom, the Pinkpaw Twins take an unscheduled detour on their bike through a river, and Sammy and Angelina almost sink their boat! Sometimes, learning to play fair is hard work! Fortunately, Angelina and her friends learn that when everyone plays fair, everyone comes out a winner.

Amazon.com
With a title like Rose Fairy Princess among its first releases, Angelina Ballerina, the PBS series centered on a single-minded mouseling, doesn't dance around the fact that it's strictly a girly-girl enterprise. But that's no strike against it; stereotypes aside, here's a cartoon as charming and accessible as the books by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig from which it bloomed. In four episodes, our prim, pirouetting heroine gives stage jitters the heave-ho, begrudgingly baby-sits her young cousin at the fair, scores scarce tickets to see the legendary Whiskersevs dance, and stumbles off on a guilt trip when a local scamp gets the blame for an accident in the neighbor's garden. In addition to her grace, agility, and talent for tucking her tail into a tutu, Angelina boasts a big-name friend or two--Judy Dench gives voice to exotic, bejeweled ballet teacher Miss Lilly. For ages 3 to 8. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews for Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess

Avoid like the Black Plague
No menus and you can't forward through 5 minutes of insufferable advertisements for other titles. No chapter stops so you can't easily forward to the chapters your tantrum-laden 3-year-old wants to see. Whichever brain-damaged idiot approved this title obviously doesn't have kids of their own and should be fired for general incompetence.Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess

Nice video, annoying DVD setup
With a nod to the reviewer below who mentions Angelina's whininess (I find the little prima ballerina to be something of a drama queen), I still think these are fairly sweet and harmless stories. What drives me nuts about this DVD is that there is no way to jump to the main menu or to individual stories. You either have to play the whole thing all the way through, or fast forward till you get to the segment you want. For me, the great convenience of DVD's is being able to hop around more quickly than with videotapes. I don't know what the producers were thinking when they made this DVD, but it's an annoying feature.Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess

Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess
Gave this to my granddaughters for Christmas and they enjoy it while playing with their Angelina Ballerina Dolls. Thanks!Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess

If you like the books, you might want to avoid the cartoons
Our daughter loves the "Angelina Ballerina" books by Katherine Holbird and Helen Craig, and when we decided to start letting her watch TV, this was one of the first titles I thought would be good for her to watch... Unfortunately, the cartoons are *very* different from the books, in an entirely negative way.

Most alarming of all is how whiny, self-centered and deceitful Angelina is -- almost every episode involves her telling a fib and then having to make up for it. This is horrible role modeling for younger children, particularly since she KEEPS LYING from episode to episode -- there's no character growth, just Angelina being dishonest over and over again, until she gets caught or her conscience catches up with her. I'm also not fond of the ultra-competitiveness shown between Angelina and the other characters. In the books, Angelina always gets the lead role, but she is considerate of others, and shares the spotlight genrously. By contrast, these cartoons show a never-ending series of backstabbing and manipulation... The supporting characters, including Angelina's friends, are made more flawed and unlikable than they are in the books. Alice, for example, is transformed from a perfectly nice little girl into a clumsy, fat, self-pitying hanger-on who is embarassed and envious of Angelina's success. The Pinkpaw twins are new characters who seem to have been invented just to be bad guys -- they try to undercut Angelina at every turn -- and Angelina herself is far less likeable here than in the original books. Frankly, I'm amazed that the book's author, Ms. Holabird, allowed such terrible, distorted versions of her stories to be produced.

The books are magical, but the TV shows left a bad taste in our mouths. They are not on our "safe to watch" list anymore. Parents who were charmed by the books might want to preview these cartoons first, before letting your kid soak them up... It would be a shame to let them ruin the books for your mouse-loving little ones.Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess

I LOVE ANGELINA BALLERINA!
I really love this DVD. I thought it was funny when Penelope got jealous because Angelina is chosen to play the Rose Fairy Princess and she is cast as a dancing flower. Angelina realized she had to fly across the stage on a single wire! As she was about to fly during a rehearsal, Angelina fainted. Penelope thought she probably won't be able to play the Rose Fairy Princess and pleaded with Miss Lilly if she can get the part, but she still loses the part. Angelina didn't realize that Penelope pushed her, tricking her into thinking she tripped. During the finale, Angelina concered her fear. Then she thought Miss Lilly can ask her ballet class to do a ballet about a dancing circus girl, who flies across the stage on a single wire. Angelina thought she can play the circus girl, saying it'll be the best ballet ever.Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess