Review of Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

I walked into this movie expecting it to be fun and happy and colourful. I am a young adult who's never seen this before. And it is in the beginning, colourful and fun. The plot is good. The music is 💯 The dynamic between the sisters is fun. I love the lore It gets depressing quick though. In my opinion, this is rather dark for a kid's film. Spoilers: the villain forces them to wear gray outfits, robbing them of their joy and identity, and is just a wicked, scheming character. I prefer villains like Preminger who, while dark, add a bit of comic relief. She was just straight up evil. I was invested in the storyline, so it was hard to watch the princesses be mistreated. I thought it was going to be a fun dancing film. The magic land was cool and was the redeeming point of the movie (as well as the male lead) for me. Without spoiling too much, in my opinion, this movie needs a PG-13 warning as content can be dark for little kids (to be fair, it probably goes over their heads). I was satisfied with the happy ending but traumatized 😂 (no seriously) by the time the movie was over. Sheesh! #emotionaldamage.