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Babes in Toyland
🎬 Movie

Babes in Toyland

1986 · 95 min Family Fantasy TV Movie Adventure
5.5 / 10 · TMDB

11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young Mary Contrary is about to marry mean, old Barnaby Barnacle, despite the fact that she loves Jack Be Nimble. Lisa tries to stop this terrible wedding and, together with her new friends, discovers that Barnaby wants to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie ask the Toymaster for help, but he can't help them as long as Lisa doesn't truly believe in toys.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Visual style and narrative structure don't conflict here — they work together. It's noticeable and creates a sense of wholeness.

Worth watching for the overall quality of execution. Not a genre landmark — but solid work that respects the viewer.

For viewers who watch a lot and can distinguish craft from accident.

Director: Clive Donner

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: Weekend evening, couch, quiet. Doesn't require a special mood — creates one.

🎭 Cast

Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore

Lisa Piper

Richard Mulligan

Richard Mulligan

Barnie / Barnaby Barnicle

Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan

Mrs. Piper / Widow Hubbard

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Jack Fenton / Jack-be-Nimble

Pat Morita

Pat Morita

The Toymaster

Jill Schoelen

Jill Schoelen

Mary Piper / Mary Contrary

Googy Gress

Googy Gress

George / Georgie Porgie

Walter Buschhoff

Walter Buschhoff

Justice Grimm

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Shari Weiser

Trollog

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Rolf Knie

Zack

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