Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings – review

Here is a Disney animation that, like many others, is machine-tooled for the tweenie sleepover market: it is targeted with almost chilling laser-accuracy on the seven-to-10 female demographic. The idea is that Tinkerbell, who has been living happily with her friends in the warm, summery world of Pixie Hollow, finds herself drawn to the forbidden world of the Winter Woods, that place where it is always icy and cold. There is a nice image of the bridge connecting the two territories: dappled with sunlight on one side, blanketed with snow on the other. It is in this severe land that she discovers she has a secret sister, called Periwinkle. Her friends assure Tinkerbell that Periwinkle looks just like her. But there's a problem. All of these fairies look like Barbie dolls; they all look like each other. Harassed parents of daughters will probably buy the DVD.