Ha. No. This one, no.
Not seen it, I own it and I’ve skimmed through it to get the captures – BUT – No. This one isn’t for me, Virginia Madsen or no Virginia Madsen. I felt bad even buying this one. I might have even ended up on some kind of list because of it.
It’s a film, based on a range of dolls from Mattel known as “American Girl”. The range represents “all girls” from all cultures, faiths and ethnicities. Not a bad thing to have in the World, but something I have zero interest in personally.
Grace was the thirteenth doll in a series called “Girl of The Year”, her back story is told here in the form of film. It’s the 9th film in the series.
The blurb…
It’s Summertime and young Grace fantasizes about starting a new Business making cupcakes with her friends so she can buy herself a new bike. But, her Mother (Virginia) has other ideas and takes them away for a family holiday to Paris. Once in Paris she meets up with the French side of the family, who wouldn’t you know it – Have a bakery business themselves, so all is well with the world again. Adventures abound with Grace trying to save the family’s French Bakery amid a family friendly film environment.
You know the kind of film this is. One for the kids, and kids alone. The only reason an adult would watch this movie would be with their kids. They have their place, there is nothing wrong with using movies to get good, wholesome messages across to kids. They aren’t close to reality but that doesn’t really matter. Try and get some optimism into the little ones before they are too old to realise any different and have to deal with the horrifying reality of it all.
Though, reading through some of the reviews on iMDB.com while researching tells me that these points are missed by some.
I’m completely the wrong demographic for this film. I’d imagine I was furthest away from the Marketing Team’s thoughts when it came to this one. My opinion is basically a mute one when it comes to this film.
The few bits I did see with Virginia were perfectly fine, I mean – She is doing exactly what she should be in a film like this. Looking for the positives here, even that’s impressive considering some of the films and roles she’s been involved with over the years, to go from those to this. I’ll bet not every actress could do it convincingly.
And, that’s about all I have to say on this one. It is what it is.
Availability:
Easily found on Region 1 (US) DVD but I couldn’t find any evidence (other than a “U” BBFC certificate) that it’d even been released outside of America.
For the USA Market you can find it streaming to buy and rent, well everywhere from the looks of it – Again, outside of the US – Not so much.
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Trailer:
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