I bought this video for my little sister, who is in to barbie. she loved "Barbie in The Nutcracker", so I got this one as a gift. She was happy I got it right away, I put the tape in the VCR. The plot is slow, and at times girly, but has some cool action. There is a part where the Prince, has a sword fight. Theanimation is way better than most other kids movies, at times it looks real, overall this is for girls, but boys like me, may have fun seeing this too.