An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky

Worst of the AG movies
We are a hardcore American Girl family, with lots of dolls and collectibles, all the movies, and 3 little girls (and their mama!) playing with these items and engaging in these stories every day. We have read all the books and were VERY excited for this movie's release. The books were favorites for my daughter, who is very much like Saige.

So it is with great disappointment that I must proclaim this to be everyone's LEAST favorite AG movie. The script is filled with platitudes and cliches, the soundtrack is repetitive and overbearing, the story is thin, Jane Seymour is dreadful (get a dialect coach, already!) and as a previous reviewer stated, the horseback riding scenes are comically bad. The close-ups throughout the film are distracting and badly filmed. It's a direction debacle. And Teh Drahmahz! and the giggling, and the BFFs! are nauseating. Even my 7 and 9 year olds were rolling their eyes and calling out "CHEEEEESY!" at our first viewing.

Positives:...

Quite Dramatic but with Good Spots
I believe this is #7 of the American Girl movies, and overall, our AG girls (ages 6 & 9) enjoyed it; however, be warned, it spews lots of emotional huff and puffiness.

Saige, a modern girl, wants to save the art class at her school and regain a close friendship. She loves painting and horseback riding with her artsy, Bohemian grandmother, played by Jane Seymour. Saige's fairly well to do parents play a secondary role in the movie but are loving and wise.

Conflict ensues from girlfriend cattiness about who is whose best friend, and the message here, of course, is let's work together, appreciate each other, and not play games with favoritism.

There's a fair amount of melodrama here, but the young actors are very good; the music is up and bouncy, the singing good and harmonious, and most of the shots just fine. The upclose horseback scenes are too obviously set-up, and probably better left off; Jane Seymour, who I really like, came across odd and too...

Wonderful!!
Wow, what a great movie---My 8yr old has already watched 3 times----What a great family movie. The american girl movies are always so inspirational and teach so many values!!

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