Bratz - movie review.

There are some spoilers here. It does not diminish the fun you’ll get when you watch the movie.

This is a story about friendships. Four best friends get together to attend high school. They face surmountable obstacles because they put their brains and brawn together.

Keeping in line with a multi-ethnic and cultural society, the group of Bratz has a mixed cast. Jade has a Chinese/Oriental mother and a Caucasian father. She loves hot chick fashion but is forbidden to leave her house wearing funky clothes. She brings her trendy clothes to school daily and changes in the toilet. Jade is played by Janel Parrish. Girlz face parental expectations and pressures all the time. It is a phase of growing up anywhere in the world.

Yasmin (Nathalia Ramos) is the Latin/Spanish girl whose mother is a chocoholic and demands chocolate bribes for everything. We can certainly identify with the universal craving for chocolates. Yamin’s mother has a friend in all of us. Our hearts go out to her. Yasmin has a phobia of stage fright. Initially, she cannot overcome her fear. Finally, her love for Chloe and the Bratz strengthened her and she gives an outstanding performance as the lead singer for Bratz.

Chloe (Skyler Shaye) is the traditional all-American girl. She is the Cinderella. She is dirt poor. Her mother works as a party food caterer. The Bratz swallow their pride and become serving waitresses at the command of their despicable enemy, Meredith. They humiliate themselves in their efforts to help Chloe and her mother because they needed the money from the order. The Bratz enter a talent competition because the big prize is a scholarship and they want to present it to Chloe. It is so saccharin sweet. Girlz, keep those tissues handy when you watch this movie.

Sasha has the most dysfunctional family of all. Her parents are separated but by the end of the Bratz’ performance, they are motivated to re-unite. Isn’t this great? Every movie has a colored girl and she is the heroic cheerleader and choreographer for the Bratz’ dance item. She leads her girlz performance, including those in her cheerleading team.

Meredith is the girlz’ vixien. She is legally blonde and a wannabe princess. She is caught in a time trap and is forever the villainous “step-sister “ of everyone. She even treats her boyfriend with disrespect because she thinks that her money can buy everyone and everything.

The four Bratz battle Meredith’s enforced segregation and stereotype casting. They eventually fall prey to their own preferred groupies. However, the awakening came and they re-band to emerge even stronger than before.

This is a girlz movie. With the exception of the Bratz’ romantic interests, none of the men are featured in detail here.

Bratz is the perfect movie to watch. It affirms Girlz’ power!

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