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Actors: Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking |
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Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary girl. The daughter of a pirate, she was raised and schooled at sea. But a horrible storm carries off her father's ship, and Pippi find herself stranded alone with her pet horse and monkey. They live alone in her family's old home.
Soon Pippi befriends two kids Tommy and Annika, and together they have crazy, wild adventures. Pippi can lift her horse, walk on walls (thanks to some special glue), and make a fake airplane fly simply by twirling a paddle. She teaches the kids to dream and have fun.
But Pippi can't live alone forever, and she is forced into an orphanage run by the strict Miss Bannister who has no tolerance for Pippi's antics. The conformity, strictness, and boredom are hard on Pippi.
Will she ever be reuniting with her father again? And if she is, can she leave her new friends?
--Sarah Bastin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kind of comedy
- musical
Parent(s) gone?
- Orphan story
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Age group
- trouble in grade school
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- can talk to animals
- super strength
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
United States
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- river
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 5-10
Is this movie based on a
- book
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