Barbie of Swan Lake is a 2003 computer-animated fantasy film co-produced by Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel Entertainment, and distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment. The Queen ends by telling Odette every time Rothbart casts a spell on someone or takes them prisoner, her magic becomes weaker and he takes over more of the forest. Odette also meets the other elves of the forest: Carlita, now a skunk; Ivan, a porcupine; Marisa, a deer; Liana, a fox; Kelly, a cygnet; and Jenny, a mouse. As per the legend Odette is the one who will save the forest because the crystal chose her. Odette, not wanting to get mixed up in the situation however, refuses. She says that she must return home as her father and sister are looking for her. The Fairy Queen complies but sends Lila to escort her out and give one last try at convincing her. Rothbart appears in the wood with his daughter, cornering Odette by a tree. As it turns out he had gotten word that Odette had freed the crystal and is the one destined to defeat him. Nicole Oliver as Carlita – An elf who is turned into a skunk by Rothbart. She’s Ivan's best friend and love interest. Churnin, Nancy (7 October 2003). "Doll knows her steps in 'Swan Lake' ". The Dallas Morning News. Tribune Content Agency. Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service. p.K1719. Gale A108621664.

The story of courage gives Kelly new resolve and she promises she will participate in a race the following day. Prange, Stephanie (2003). "Barbie of Swan Lake DVD". Video Store. Vol.25, no.40. Questex, LLC. p.15. ISSN 0195-1750. ProQuest 197585255. When Odette was dancing in the bakery, she lifted her leg to reveal she was wearing flat shoes instead of heels. The story is being told by Barbie to her sister, Kelly, who is feeling uneasy about being at camp overnight for the first time. She remembers the story while looking at constellations, being started on after finding Cygnus. The story begins with Odette dancing in her father's bakery. Odette feels happy because she knows how to dance a ballet dance which is to be very hard to handle or to be practiced. Her sister, Marie, is also shown as a fast horse rider. A unicorn named Lila arrives in the village and manages to escape hunters and runs into an Enchanted Forest with the curious Odette in pursuit. Lila becomes trapped, so Odette tries looking for something good enough to free the unicorn. She spots a magical crystal within the hollow of a nearby tree and takes it out. Little does she know that the crystal was meant for whoever removed it to defeat the evil wizard Rothbart.a b Benson, K. Lee (1 January 2004). "Barbie of Swan Lake". The Video Librarian. ISSN 0887-6851. ProQuest 1977970475. Venus Terzo as Lila – A friendly purple unicorn who is also Odette's friend. She likes to go to people's town and is almost captured by town people. She tells Odette that she (Odette) is braver than she thinks. Maggie Wheeler as Odile – A witch and Rothbart's spoiled daughter who fools Prince Daniel at the ball by using magic to take on the form of Odette. In the end, she becomes a maid in Erasmus' library. Chantal Strand as Kelly – Barbie's sister who’s afraid of tomorrow's race at her camp as well as Kelly the elf who was turned into a cygnet. Daniel asks Odette to a ball, but at first she denies until he finally convinces her to come. Soon, Erasmus—the troll in charge of the library—arrives, having found the book. He reveals to them that the solution is true love, which made everyone realize that Daniel can save them all. However, if Daniel falls for another girl, the magic crystal will lose its power. The Fairy Queen teaches Odette how to waltz at the ball but are interrupted when Erasmus is kidnapped. They manage to save him but Rothbart learns of what will be his downfall. So, under a spell, he makes Odile look like Odette in the eyes of Daniel.

The film features Tchaikovsky's score from Swan Lake performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, [13] with 15-year-old violinist Nicola Benedetti performing the violin solos. [14] [15] In addition, the film has a theme song that plays over the end credits, "Wings", written by Jason Blume and performed by Leslie Mills. [16] Release [ edit ]Unlike the previous two films, Barbie's hair is not as realistic (it all stays together when she moves).

Based on the Tchaikovsky ballet Swan Lake, [2] [3] it is the third in the Barbie film series, with Kelly Sheridan providing the voice of Barbie. [4] Erasmus finds the book and reveals that the key to defeating Rothbart is true love. However, if Daniel falls for another girl, the magic crystal will lose its power and Odette will die. Rothbart abducts Erasmus and the book. While Odette rescues Erasmus, Rothbart attends the ball with Odile, magically disguised as Odette. Odette flies to the castle in her swan form to warn Daniel, but is too late; Daniel pledges his love to Odile, causing Odette to collapse.

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Michael Dobson as Erasmus – A troll who has a library. The Book of Forest Lore which tells how to break Rothbart's spell is in his library. Make no mistake: you don’t want this book for the prose (I guess maybe if you’re an entry-level reader and want to be exposed to the story, but you’re better off watching the movie). It somehow makes an already-simple movie sound quite idiotic. I know it’s aimed at a very young audience, but the writing is almost painfully bad; I think I could have written a better junior novelization in one pass. Second-grade me could have written this. And, really, it’s a bit insulting to the film’s intelligence; I’m not going to get up on my pedestal and talk about how Barbie films are underrated works of art, but the early ones are certainly visual fantasy spectacles. But in the book, Swan Lake, one of the more dazzling locations featured in early Barbie films, is reduced to descriptions like, “The boulder began to sparkle. Then it slid open, revealing a secret passageway… It was Swan Lake, shimmering in light. It was surrounded by flowers and weeping willows.” It just hurts my adult, art-loving soul.