Films like Barbie and the Diamond Castle.

Barbie and the Diamond Castle (2008) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Home on the Range (2004) poster
1. Home on the Range2004

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Barbie of Swan Lake (2003) poster
2. Barbie of Swan Lake2003

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001) poster
3. Barbie in the Nutcracker2001

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fantasia 2000 (2000) poster
4. Fantasia 20002000

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006) poster
5. Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses2006

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale (2010) poster
6. Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale2010

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009) poster
7. Barbie and the Three Musketeers2009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Barbie as Rapunzel (2002) poster
8. Barbie as Rapunzel2002

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Turbo (2013) poster
9. Turbo2013

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) poster
10. Cinderella III: A Twist in Time2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Book of Life (2014) poster
11. The Book of Life2014

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Lorax (2012) poster
12. The Lorax2012

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Barbie and the Diamond Castle’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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