Alicia I love this movie so much

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

karam86 I remember seeing this one 12 years ago, I loved it (I think it was my favorite movie) Of course I was only 5 or 6 but then again thats the age group the film was made for.id really like to get my hands on this one for nostalgic reasons but its just to old.

syllavus It seems like I'm one of the few Americans who read translations of the Pippi Longstocking books, AND saw this movie as a kid. At this point, I can't remember what came first for me, the books or the movies, but I will say that as a child, I enjoyed both.Pippi is a GREAT character in literature, I could consider her arguably one of the greatest female characters ever created.She's strong, she's independent, she's fun, intelligent and gifted.What girl WOULDN'T want to be like Pippi? I know that reading about her as a little girl, I was endlessly jealous of Tommy and Annika who got Pippi as a playmate. I wished she'd move next door to me.This movie doesn't do such a great job of translating the Pippi character. She seems less creative and imaginative, and more crazy and dim. There's something about the character of Pippi that is lacking in the movie and the movie loses a lot because of that.But Pippi aside, the movie isn't ALL bad. It's a late 80's kids movie with cheesy special effects, poor acting, and a silly story. But through all this, it is still enjoyable. The situations that Pippi and Tommy and Annika get in are still fun, and it's a good movie for young kids. If you do show this movie to your kids though, be sure to buy them the books afterwards and show them what Pippi is REALLY like. This movie is a good starting point to get kids introduced to the great character of Pippi.

perni Ah, another member of The 100 Worst club! At this point I've already seen Batman & Robin, Can't Stop the Music, Cool As Ice, Dungeons and Dragons, and about 10 more, so it's about time I saw another one. And trust me, Pippi Longstocking is pretty yucky. One of my friends loves it because she watched it constantly as a child, but I couldn't help but laugh at most of this movie. The special effects are very obvious, especially when anyone gets thrown great distances (uh, wire work, anyone?). And for some reason we're supposed to believe that Pippi is this magical child, but half of her 'magical' abilities are simple flips and cartwheels that any gymnast could pull off. But, I admit, few children could make a plane fly just by telling it to go up or pick up a grown man and hurl him into a tree. The songs are patently 80s, and stuck in my head for way too long (maybe because my friend knew them by heart and sung along!). Then there is the title character herself, who comes off less sympathetic as she does bratty and simple minded. She has the attention span of a knat, never listens to anyone and for some reason that makes her adorable? Uh, I'm gonna go with a "no" there, Alex. But for all its glaring faults, Pippi is not pure evil like some flicks I've watched (Dungeons & Dragons, anyone?). I got my revenge, though, because after we watched this I made my friend watch Can't Stop the Music from start to finish. Talk about your torture sessions! I give Pippi a respectable 1.5/4 stars.

Willscrlt Just finished watching Jewel of the Nile and before I could shut off the TV and go to bed at a semi-reasonable hour, Pippi came on. Somehow, I got sucked into the movie and now over here to IMDB. Maybe it was the catchy tunes or wanting to find out if the cute kids in the movie ever went on to star in anything noteworthy (none did, except the head girl who I didn't like).I'm in my 30s, have no kids, and have never read the books or seen any other Pippi books. Guess what? I enjoyed it a lot! Sure. It's goofy, doesn't always make sense, is anachronistic at times, and is not serious cinematography. But I liked it.The music was cheerful, the songs were uplifting and arguably one of the best parts of the movie. The kids were great, too. It's sad that the actress playing Pippi didn't go on to do more work (especially if it had been more age-appropriate... hard to imagine she was only 10). She did a really fine job. I also got a kick out of seeing Dick Van Patten in his bit part.The monkey was probably the worst actor in the film, but since they probably paid him peanuts (and bananas), they probably didn't waste any money.The flying machine was totally unrealistic, but it IS a kids movie. The cleaning of the floors was probably the best scene in the movie.It was just good clean fun that I would be happy to let my kids watch (if I had any), and the songs are WAY better than Barney's. :-) People who object to the film have just left their childhood senses of wonder long behind. They don't believe Pippi when she says that you can do just about anything if you believe in it.