Load of rubbish!!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I rented this movie on Netflix, because I remember my younger sister and I watching it in the 80s when we were young and liking it. I have a 6 year old and a 4 year old, and when snowed in on a recent blizzard, we watched it together! What fun! It is not "high art" or great movie making, per se -- but it captures the fun, rebellious, fantastic world of a little girl having adventures, refusing to be ordinary, and standing up a world of bossy grown-ups. The spunk, chutzpah, and indefatigable spirit of Pippi is one that I am sure many adults would like to quell and crush, as we see in over-medicated children in our country today! This movie would never be made now, as she does some very dangerous things, like running away and going into a fire to save kids. But it is a fantasy and she is like a superhero... I am sure that the studio would be paranoid that some kid would copy these fantasy actions and sue them.She ate pancakes for dinner, washed the floor with roller-skate brushes, and stuck to her guns. Honestly, a great role model for children because it is a story that appreciates a child's view of the world.The musical refrain is something so sweet and innocent, that my older daughter just sang it to me as her bedtime song.If you have kids between 5-8 years, they will like it immensely, so rent it and you'll be singing along.. "Pippi Longstocking is coming into your town.. "

'The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking' is a film starring the popular Pippi, a fun-loving girl who tries to see the good in everything around her and have fun. It has been a long time since I saw this film, but I did like it when I was younger. It was not my favourite, but I thought that it was fun because Pippi is very enthusiastic about life and it is a generally feel-good children's film. I last watched this film when I was about eight-years-old. I think that children around that age will enjoy the film as it is upbeat but a generally good film about a fun-loving girl hero with a positive outlook on life.

I remember enjoying the Pipi Longstocking books in elementary school, and my 4-year-old loves this movie. As an adult, however, I find it painful to watch. It isn't that the movie is bad, at least not in the same sense that schlocky sci fi and horror movies are bad. The children do acceptable acting jobs, although the adult actors are lackluster. The sets, costumes, and special effects are adequate. The music is bouncy. There are lots of fun Pipi stunts and much childhood wish fulfillment. All good, clean fun. Somehow, though, the film is less than the sum of its parts.I think it must be the plotting and pacing. The super-competent Pipi so outmatches her opponents -- a villainous real estate agent and an uncompassionate human services worker -- that you never feel any suspense or concern for her safety. In fact, Pipi comes across as such a smart-mouthed brat that I began to sympathize with her playmates' whiny father. The story itself meanders from incident to unrelated incident until the movie positively drags.So, this is a movie that it is safe to let your kids watch unsupervised. That's a good thing, because you won't want to sit through it yourself, at least not more than once.

I'll be the first to admit that this film is light-hearted and often silly. After all, the Pippi books are silly and light-hearted, so why shouldn't a movie version be? The character of Pippi is a great character study for kids: She is imaginative, creative, confident and above all, a good-willed and courteous child. Anyone who expects her and the stories she stars in to be methodical depictions of the serious side of life should re-examine his/her life and priorities. Maybe then the detractors will realize that life can be fun, at all ages.