"Tinker Bell": Disney’s Famous Pixie Stars In Her Own Film

The precocious, blonde pixie from J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” learns about the power of faith, trust, and being true to yourself in Disney’s new animated movie “Tinker Bell.”

A part of Neverland, Pixie Hollow is the world where pixies and fairies live. Unlike the mainland – the home of humans – Pixie Hollow is made of various sections which are based upon the seasons. The fairies and pixies who live in these sections are responsible for preparing and decorating the different seasons in the mainland with beauty and color. Some paint the leaves in autumn, others the flowers in spring, while others lightly line spider webs with dewdrops.

Soon after Tinker Bell arrives in Pixie Hollow, she discovers that she belongs to the group of tinker fairies, who fix things for the other fairies to use on the mainland. She is excited to join in the fairy fun, until she learns that tinker fairies never go to the mainland. After several attempts to convince the other fairies that she would be useful on the mainland, all to no avail, she begins to wonder whether she was created to be something else. She talks her other fairy friends into teaching her their talents, with disastrous, and sometimes humorous, results.

With Pixar’s John Lasseter at the helm as Executive Producer, the animation on this film is amazing, although the look is softer than other Pixar films. It has a strong vocal cast including Mae Whitman as Tink, and Kristen Chenoweth, Lucy Liu, America Ferrara, Jane Horrocks, Raven-Symone, Jesse McCartney, Pamela Adlon and Anjelica Huston. Joel McNeely wrote a beautiful score for the film. Combined with the message of being happy with who you are inside, “Tinker Bell” is an engaging, entertaining, and at times funny, film for audiences of all ages.

“Tinker Bell” is available on DVD and Blue Ray from Walt Disney Home Video.

Paula K. Parker is a freelance writer living in a small town near Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband Mike, who is also a writer. Blessed – or perhaps burdened- with an insatiable curiosity, Paula loves to write articles, plays, reviews, books, and inspirational devotionals. When not writing, she spends her days playing with their five dogs, visiting with their five grown children, playing the harp, and working in her garden. Read more of her work at www.buddyhollywood.com.