"It's sunny, sweet and wholesome; a crafting bonanza packed with kitty catchphrases like pawesome! and ab-so-cat-a-loutely. The series' super-likable star Laila Lockhart Kraner plays Gabby, a girl who shrinks down to become a tiny cartoon version of herself to play in her doll's house. The movie comes just in time for Lockhart Kraner, who is 17 and won't be able to pull off playing with doll's houses for much longer."
"She's not evil as such: just a grownup who has forgotten how to use her imagination. Vera doesn't want to play with Gabby's doll's house, she wants to display it as a collectible. The plot shamelessly dips into the world of Toy Story, which did not bother the two eight-year-olds I watched it with in the slightest. They shrieked with glee, and took it very seriously when Gabby broke the fourth wall to ask her friends in the audience to hold hands to help her."
"It begins with Gabby visiting her grandma (Gloria Estefan), taking along her doll's house and its inhabitants, including magical Kitty Fairy who cries sprinkles as tears. The film, like the TV show, does not really exist for adults; there are no winks in the script or clever one-liners. Though what it does have is Kristen Wiig channelling sad Cruella as the film's cat lady villain Vera, the CEO of a cat litter empire. Vera is the ultimate cat lady, who dresses her grumpy hairless Siamese"
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie delivers sunny, sweet, and wholesome children's entertainment centered on a cat-obsessed dollhouse world. Laila Lockhart Kraner stars as Gabby, a girl who shrinks into a tiny cartoon self to play with magical inhabitants. Gloria Estefan appears as Gabby's grandma and Kristen Wiig plays Vera, a cat-lady CEO who prefers collectibles over play. Vera embodies an adult who has forgotten imagination. The plot borrows Toy Story-style elements while maintaining a kid-focused tone with no adult jokes. Young children respond with delight, participating when Gabby breaks the fourth wall. The film releases in UK and Irish cinemas on 17 October.
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