Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Cassi Simonds directs. Scott Nickoley scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Released 5 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Original score by Scott Nickoley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Cassidy Naber and America Young and Cassandra Lee Morris carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "You can make a new day!".
• 7IMDB entry: tt14317062 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Original score

Scott Nickoley

Runtime

60 min · 1h 0m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

NR

IMDB

Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday (2021) ↗

Also by

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Selected frames

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Wallpaper

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday (HD) | Official Trailer #1

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Mainframe Studios

  CA

Key crew

• Executive ProducerAdam Bonnett
• Executive ProducerFred Soulie
• Executive ProducerChristopher Keenan
• Co-Executive ProducerAnn Austen

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• based on toy
• female protagonist
• talking animal
• 3d animation

Release history · US

When it landed

• Digital2021-04-16NR· Netflix

Also known as

International titles

• Barbie e Chelsea, il compleanno perdutoIT
• Barbie & Chelsea: Τα χαμένα γενέθλιαGR
• 芭比与小凯莉之消失的生日CN
• バービー＆チェルシー：消えたバースデーJP
• バービーとチェルシー 消えた誕生日JP
• 芭比和小凯莉消失的生日CN
• Барби и Челси. Потерянный день рожденияRU
• БарбиRU