Suburban Reviews

I love you
You love me
We’re a happy family
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you
Won’t you say you love me too?I love you
You love me
We’re best friends
Like friends should be
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you
Won’t you say you love me too?

The song is in your head now isn’t it? Welcome to the world of millions of parents everywhere. The big purple dinosaur we so love to make fun of has turned 20 years old, if you can believe that! I personally discovered Barney at the age of 13 when I took on my first babysitting job. I liked him then and I liked him now. Yes, he’s dorky, and yes the acting is terrible, but there is something comforting about a show so completely innocent into today’s MTV world.

In celebration of Barney’s 20th birthday, Fox has released Barney: Celebrating Around the World on DVD. The story takes Barney and his friends on a magic train ride around to the world as they explore ways other countries celebrate. They visit Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan, India for the Festival of Lights, and several other destinations that include Ireland to learn the Reel, and tribal dancing in Kenya. Along the way they make new friends an explore some of the food, music and language that makes each place unique.

For the age 2-5 preschool crowd, this is a very beginning step to learning about the differences in various cultures, and I have to say I enjoyed it. Its not terribly in-depth, but keeping in mind the age range, the 60 minute movie did well here as far as my own expectations. The costumes were cute, the music was lively, and overall its just a fun film, as long as you are not expecting award winning acting. My only complaint would be that there was nothing about Mardi Gras! I know, I know, its more about other locations, but being in Mardi Gras season here in the birthplace of the holiday, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention it Overall this movie was a hit with my 3 year old, and I wouldn’t mind watching it a time or two again myself. Barney may be 20, but I suspect he’ll be delighting children for many more years to come.

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