The pony’s adventures are punctuated with songs that get my girls up and dancing every time they watch the movie, including the restyled My Little Pony theme song. The animation is bright and fun, filled with flowing multi-colored pony hair and plenty of pink, sparkly moments. Some of the teaching moments are handled too briefly and without much depth – for example, the moment in which an apology for lying is made is incredibly short and there is no real remorse shown in the character.
Shout! Factory goes all-out with the bonus features. Our family’s favorite is the six “Sing-A-Longs”; drawing from the My Little Pony theme song, four songs from the movie, and a bonus song, the lyrics show along the bottom of the screen and turn pink as they are sung. A short prequel to Twinkle Wish Adventure “Waiting for the Winter Wishes Festival” is included along with “Elefun andFriends” is a 22-minute vintage-primitive animated cartoon that also focuses on the theme of friendship. The DVD also contains four holiday printables in .pdf format, and access to downloadable pony activities. No scene selection navigation is found on the disc however.
At 81 minutes running time My Little Pony - Twinkle Wish Adventure contains all the pink holiday party fun a little girl could hope for. Something I’ve discovered is that you can’t go back in time – in all honesty I found the film a bit inane – my children love it though. This is one to pop in and head while you tackle some overdue chores, it’s not at all appealing to adults (no matter how much we loved My Little Pony as kids), but it’s a fun, light-hearted movie for the little ones.
Article comments
1 - yahoo
so you keep your kids from cartoons that don't agree with your religion?? wow. way to teach tolerance and acceptance.
2 - Jennifer Bogart
Hi Yahoo, thanks for your comment.
I think you'll find that MOST people don't let their children watch cartoons that disagree with their faith.
I have a question for you...
If you are an atheist, do you let your kids watch Christian cartoons? Or if you are a Muslim do you let your kids watch Christian cartoons?
We don't practice the faith of materialism/secular-Christmas, so no - I don't seek out those discs for my children and that comes across in my review. However, I know there are families who don't have a problem with DVDs like this - hence the bulk of my review is written for them.
Make sense?