Tinker Bell (2008)

RATING:	60%
FORMAT:	DVD

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Aside from the usual reactionary Disney nonsense about being born to fulfill certain social roles, this is a fairly charming fairy tale about a feisty fairy who would much rather have been born a different kind of fairy.

The characterization is a little thin but an audience of prepubescent young girls is probably the intended audience - so, perhaps, this is hardly all that important. This is not a patch on Peter Pan and the animation is a little weak, technically.

In the end, however, this movie fails to understand the true nature of talent and the training necessary to hone any ability into something worthwhile, so is doomed to perpetuate the culture-destroying myth of innate genetic abilities based on inter-(rather than intra-) specific variation.

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