The biggest issue is that they tried to be clever with this. The sets: Now, I get they were trying to be clever and make it all look like a dollhouse, but honestly, they failed. The real problem is clearly the companies running it. Now, I don't blame the crew for this, I would never. Honestly, you can tell they went cheap with this. The models of the props were AWFUL, looking like cheap plastic with rough edges. In this one, they tried to fuse modern designs with royal designs. The previous barbie movies, she's worn beautiful dresses, with somewhat accurate designs to the time period. T-Shirts with a ball gown skirt, with stars all over it? TACKY. The costumes for the characters are ATROCIOUS. Next up: The character designs and modeling. Mediocre songs, stale animation, and awful writing. Barbie and Amelia are the exact same character. Stale characters, all of them nearly identical, with bad characterization. Sure it was just a copy of The Princess and The Pauper, but the animation was okay, the characters were likable, and the music was great. Then we had The Princess and The Popstar, which to be honest was not that bad. The Princess and The Pauper was the first one, which was a PHENOMENAL movie. We have seen the "oh somewhat normal person switches lives with a princess and learn to be themselves" literally three times now.