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Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

Play trailer Poster for Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer G Released Nov 15, 1985 1h 24m Kids & Family Fantasy Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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The greed of a princess who wants control of a planet threatens Rainbow's mission to bring joy to the world.
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Robert Blau Chicago Tribune Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer is not an especially imaginative tale, and the animation is at times lifeless. Rated: 2/4 Mar 26, 2013 Full Review Michael Blowen Boston Globe So incompetently crafted that it makes the Saturday-morning cartoons seem like Disney classics. Mar 18, 2013 Full Review Janet Maslin New York Times Wherever she goes, she leaves a rainbow trail. As a matter of fact, the film has rainbows everywhere. I stopped counting at 247 or so. Rated: 1/5 May 20, 2003 Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy An exemplar of the state of children animation from that era if I ever saw one. Not a compliment, that. Rated: 3/10 Dec 4, 2016 Full Review Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media Noisy, subpar cartoon adventure with lots of peril. Rated: 1/5 Jun 17, 2014 Full Review TV Guide The animation is wretched, and the whole thing is so sickly sweet as to be almost nauseating. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 18, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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a a This movie had a huge impact on my childhood. It gave me hope and inspiration as a young person. There's nothing like a film featuring an 80s animated icon to pump up children's emotions and show them that anything is possible! Just believe in yourself and do what's right! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/24/24 Full Review B G This movie is nostalgia gold! So many fun characters, catchy songs and a decent plot. This franchise is just waiting for a re-boot! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/24 Full Review Brooke H Classic!! Magical and well done for and old movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/05/23 Full Review Erin I lived this movie as a kid and I still love to watch it with my kids. It was magical and sweet. It has good lessons and friendship. I wanted her horse rainbow so bad! Still a classic good childhood memory. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review ROLY GAMER CUBANO 0%? Really RT? and 80% score in the public? Saban in The music Chalopin in the Direction it is that bad? come on!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/30/22 Full Review Audience Member Just watched last night. Stunning backgrounds and effects. Fantastic animation (Starlight always was a stunner). As you expect most of the voices and music are terrible but the main characters and main songs are awesome. The plot is insane, the pacing is poor (slow sections drag), the villains mustache-twirling. Who cares? It's a GORGEOUS film with THREE flying horces (one of which sings and talks and another which talks...and is a jet-powered robot), and two kid protagonists with magical color and crystal powers (via wrist-mounted crystal gun) who take on the maniacal princess who wants to steal the diamond though which all light in the universe passes. It's fantasy but actually more sci-fi/fantasy this time around and between the laser guns, crystal gun, rainbow power, flying horses, chases, escapes, infiltrating a space castle, and insanely catchy main musical themes and breathtaking art and animation it's hard not o adore this film if you are a fan of 80's films and animation. It clearly had a massive budget bump from the TV show. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The greed of a princess who wants control of a planet threatens Rainbow's mission to bring joy to the world.
Director
Bernard Deyriès, Kimio Yabuki
Producer
Jean Chalopin, Andy Heyward, Victor Villegas
Screenwriter
Jean Chalopin, Howard R. Cohen
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, Warner Bros.
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 15, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.8M
Runtime
1h 24m
Sound Mix
Surround
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