I thongh that this was a good moveies.kidhood marorres.

Best movie E-V-E-R! We spent an amazing night watching this movie! Can't wait for part 2! Tell everyone about this movie! There's even a pink flamingo and a dog in a tutu.Still, this was awesome. Would have been better in English, the french translation would have had Molière turn in his grave. But what can you do? Bratz forever!

Bratz (2007): Dir: Sean McNamara / Cast: Nathalia Ramos, Janel Parrish, Skyler Shaye, Logan Browning, Chelsea Staub: Boring formula retread about attitude based on the popular dolls. They are four females entering high school and going against trends. Eventually the girls split into their interests developing new friendships while their bond fades. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that they will get back together and win the talent contest. Sets are colourful and directing by Sean McNamara is fine but acting is a major issue. Nathalia Ramos, Janel Parrish, Skyler Shaye, and Logan Browning are not promising. They dress up in colourful costumes, prance about and give slow motion hair wave shots. Chelsea Staub plays the scheming brat who attempts to place everyone into their different cliques. Similar to Mean Girls but lacking the message and character of that film. Unlike Mean Girls, the characters here are about as enticing as a punch in the face. Its only real drive is its capitalizing on the success of the dolls. This film is purely aimed at young girls who can hopefully know the difference between real personalities and a hunk of plastic. Bratz is not a famous enough product to warrant its own movie let alone deserve one. In the end it is all marketing to the lowest denominator, which unfortunately taps in at young girls. As for adults, the film is about as exciting as a kick to the crotch. Score: 3 / 10

Why would a 49 year-old guy watch "Bratz"? Well, he could be a totally sick freak (I swear, I am not...though that's what freaks would say also...but I am not!!). But in my case (again, I swear) it's because I have a goal of seeing as many horrible films as possible before I die. I am not talking about run of the mill bad--those films I avoid. I am talking about really, really, REALLY bad movies. So, after seeing all 50 of the films on Harry Medved's amazing book "The 50 Worst Films of All Time", I needed a new challenge--IMDb's Bottom 100 list. While I have made a very impressive dent on this list, some films (such as the Turkish ones) are just about impossible to find with subtitles or dubbing AND they keep adding films all the time to the list (such as "Bratz" which only recently entered the list despite being released in 2007).I should point out that technically, "Bratz" is not a bad film in the traditional sense. The cinematography, sets, costumes (the the girls wear thousands each) and music are all very professional--so I think a score of 1 is unmerited--even if it IS a vacuous film. When I say vacuous, I mean that it is written with no subtlety and is designed for incredibly stupid kids in the 10-14 age bracket. Now if you have a valueless, undemanding and rather clueless kid in this age group and you like them to be this way, then perhaps it IS a film to rent or even buy. After all, while very, very stupid, the film is squeaky clean--as the corporate types behind this mega-marketed film know this would make the film non-threatening and acceptable viewing for this age group.So why is the writing so bad? Wow...this is like shooting fish in a barrel! The characters are all completely one-dimensional and more caricatures than something written by a professional screenwriter. The nasty girl at school is 0% real--but so are the four 'Bratz'. These girls are all PERFECT and represent carefully coiffed images--sort of like junior Spice Girls. One is great at math and science....and hot. One is great at music....and hot. One is brilliant....and hot. And the other is great at sports...and hot. This film is about their fabulous adventures in high school*.Now I must interject something that really bothered me about this film. As I mentioned above, this is just a corporate attempt to further whore off the Bratz name. The Bratz dolls are marketed to young kids--very young kids. And, in a completely cynical attempt to be BOTH non-threatening and pretending to be inclusive, three of the Bratz are ethnic. Now I am NOT talking ethnic is a real manner. Nope. It's a CORPORATE style of ethnicity. The black girl has non-brown eyes, talks EXACTLY like any white kid and is groomed just like a white kid. The Asian kid is vaguely Asian and you only know that she is part Asian at the film's conclusion when you see her mother. And, the Hispanic kid looks 100% non-Hispanic white and speaks with no accent and throws out occasional Spanish words for no discernible reason. As for her family, like the actress they don't look or sound the least bit Hispanic (Lainie Kazan?!). When this girl and her mother sing "La Cucaracha", it is pathetic--with no accent AND they don't even know the words! But wait...they at least have a disabled kid, right?! Well, sort of. He's hot, does NOT wear a hearing aid or cochlear implant (they would be SO gross....ewww!!) and yet, inexplicably, speaks perfectly and seems to function 100% normally. In fact, to deafness, he's a lot like what Daredevil is to blindness!! I really think that the corporate-type schmucks responsible for this terrible film just think that REAL blacks, Asians, Hispanics and disabled kids are not stylish enough to be in a Bratz film.A few final quibbles. First, how did Jon Voigt get in this film? Does he need the money THAT badly? If so, I am sure we could all take up a collection to help him avoid similar mistakes in the future. Second, I cannot believe that the film managed to insert classical music into it--making me almost hate the tunes. Third, I know I am thinking too much here, but who would let the bad girl bring a dog to school? I know her dad is supposed to be the principal, but bringing along a dog (obviously a knockoff of "Legally Blonde") just shows bad writing (duh...this IS a bad film!!). Overall, I see "Bratz" as a vapid, valueless and crappy film with no redeeming merits. And, given its place on the IMDb Bottom 100, I can tell that I'm not alone here!*Oddly, while the characters all appear to be about high school age, I cannot imagine high school-age kids watching this one unless you drug them!