That Time Tyra Banks Was Barbie (Life Size) (Movie Nights) (ft.

Tyra Banks is a Barbie doll come to life in this stunning sequel to America's Next Top Model.
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[@Kaefer1973]

If I was a little child I absolutely would have preferred "sometimes things just happen" over "everything happens for a reason", and not only because it's true and I didn't like to be lied to.

[@smjaiteh]

I remember this film. It was pretty dumb. That being said, the casting department did good work. Tyra Banks as a living Barbie Doll, Lindsay Lohan as an emotionally disturbed and sociopathic child with access to the Necronomicon Ex Mortis. Perfect casting.

[@latrolettteeeeeee]

FUCK OFF

[@Scribblerjohnny]

Tyra Banks gave Miley Cyrus a photo of herself as a teen for Miley's birthday present. This really happened.

[@noemistephanie93]

Wow really? Idk that. That is weird

[@dr.penguinstein3426]

I would love Life-Size 2 (or the Phelous movie) to be about Phelous accidentally bringing to life Steffi Love and Bat-hero, then after failing as a super villain in the real world, she steals the neconomicon. Then the second half becomes Evil Dead-ish. She creates an army of bootlegs and it ends with an epic battle featuring various internet personalities, including Linkara who throws in some Clone Saga references (can play off the fact she wants to replace the world's populations with "bootleg" humans), Cinema Snob, etc.

[@tallblondasian]

+Dr. Penguinstein No, not Linkara, Fat Grandma should be the hero that saves the day when everyone else fails to defeat the bootleg army!

[@Tareltonlives]

I would totally watch that. And they were joined by GIANT DIZZY GILLESPIE

[@akcheartsjb]

They now have a life size 2, you got yur wish

[@quinnzykir]

Stefi should be Lucy Lawless

[@QJ89]

"Awww. That hurts my feels."

[@maryredding1619]

Oh man! Why'd you have to suggest the idea of a Mitch Buchannon doll coming to life!? Now I feel like we've been robbed of an incredible movie! That would have been great 😊 Hobie 2 doll sold separately. Death Pier not included.

[@Tareltonlives]

I would pay money for that

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

so the big question: have you watched Life Size 2 yet? and is it worth reviewing?

[@endlessnoise9173]

No, no! Don't leave me in suspense! Do you recommend it or not?

[@SpeedyEric1]

I recommend something with microchips. =P

[@randalgraves6979]

Chia Paint Dry.

[@fenrir-art4742]

Goodtimes Beauty gasp.

[@MisheardMetal]

I wonder if they'll ever make a sequel except with a Caitlyn Jenner doll.

[@Casvaleon]

+Misheard Metal all of my NOPE

[@quinnzykir]

Or Jenny McCarthy

[@theoriginalmrjguill3803]

and the doll will talk when you push "her" button..It'll say "Buckle up buckarroooths"

[@quinnzykir]

The she hotwires a car and runs over people

[@seanmatyas3938]

Very disappointed that the Life Size world wasn't in Kingdom Hearts 3.

[@gracekim25]

🤣ok that’s the best comment I’ve ever seen! 21.12.2021

[@guiltygearalonecompl]

There’s always Kingdom Hearts 3.7

[@gracekim25]

@@guiltygearalonecompl yep

[@BohemianScandalous]

I could watch the entire length of America's Next Top Model as long as Allison and Phelan were making fun of it

[@Tareltonlives]

YES

[@Aleksa_Milicevic]

America's Next Top Modelling Nights 🤣

[@MyssBlewm]

That would be great. I'm all for it.

[@fenrir-art4742]

Rather watch that show with Ashley Graham in it so I can enjoy more of HER. Also, I would like that too.

[@SsnakeBite]

Even as a kid I never quite understood why films seem to be under the impression that being a tomboy and enjoying girly stuff are mutually-exclusive.

[@jaquelyndixson9813]

+SsnakeBite Probably because girls like me. I was a tomboy and hated girly stuff. I cut the head off any Barbies I was given for Christmas until my mom stop buying them.

[@namebrandmason]

+SsnakeBite That's what I was wondering. Like she couldn't be girly and also not into dolls? What if she liked crafts or stuffed animals or something. It is an option.

[@91Vault]

+SsnakeBite I guess the idea of the stereotype is that tomboyish girls reject girly things...which has some truth IRL (and I'd argue that's because of society complicated relationship with "girl things") media also has a complicated relationship with tomboys...at the younger end the girl who acts tough and rejects girl things is seen as cute/likable/precocious...if she's slightly older its an indication of being "down to earth" and not some air headed "popular girl" ,its also a sign she's the love interest our main boy character SHOULD be going for but alas he just sees her as a freind UNTILL SHE GETS A MAKE-OVER! beecause if you're a tomboyish girl in a movie you have to make sure once you reach a certain age you ditch the tom-boyishness and try and fem it up for that boy you apparently like, because lord help you people are gonna think youre a lesbian if you don't drop that shit after 13 like I said...complicated

[@91Vault]

+SsnakeBite I guess the idea of the stereotype is that tomboyish girls reject girly things...which has some truth IRL (and I'd argue that's because of society complicated relationship with "girl things") media also has a complicated relationship with tomboys...at the younger end the girl who acts tough and rejects girl things is seen as cute/likable/precocious...if she's slightly older its an indication of being "down to earth" and not some air headed "popular girl" ,its also a sign she's the love interest our main boy character SHOULD be going for but alas he just sees her as a freind UNTILL SHE GETS A MAKE-OVER! beecause if you're a tomboyish girl in a movie you have to make sure once you reach a certain age you ditch the tom-boyishness and try and fem it up for that boy you apparently like, because lord help you people are gonna think youre a lesbian if you don't drop that shit after 13 like I said...complicated

[@HippieGoddess142]

SsnakeBite Or that we had to like girly stuff because we were girls despite it being clear we didn't enjoy it.

[@TsarIvanIV]

as completely bizarre as this movie is, I have a soft spot for it. I practically raised my little sister during summer breaks, and she had a really hard time watching movies because she had some serious fear problems. for whatever reason, Life Size was one of the few movies that she wasn't scared to watch, so she and I rented it a bunch of times. thanks for reviewing this weird but endearing movie, brought back a lot of good memories.

[@StarlightPrism]

I saw this movie as a kid and had the same reaction as Lupa. I thought it was really funny that the spell worked and no one seemed to acknowledge that. Even if they decided not to bring her back to life, shit, I would have checked that book for other spells!

[@Mattfromthepast]

this movie has the exact same plot as Full metal alchemist.

[@quinnzykir]

And all it costed was a little brother, an arm, and a leg

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

@@quinnzykir FOR WHAT CAN EQUAL THE VALUE OF A HUMAN SOUL?!

[@bryanbazalar8642]

Life Size 2: Lohan gets a dog Me: Oh no...

[@shiro5684]

I'll explain, she saves the line when becoming the doll because the dolls have a hive mind mentality and once the life size dolls turns back into a dolls her individual experiences and knowledge rush back into the collective doll mind, transferring the I formation instantaneously to every doll.

[@Moonbeam143]

This is a weird remake of "Child's Play".

[@zakkizer2490]

or a really bizarre predecessor to Ted!

[@UndeadZamiel]

or a less creepy A Ted Named Gooby

[@Tareltonlives]

I was also thinking Mannequin, too

[@Obiwan1994Kenobi-iv4jf]

And Weird Science.

[@fenrir-art4742]

The only thing missing is Tyra's character not becoming a giant lizard after getting upset and eating people.

[@jaso4455]

They should totally review America's Next Top Model

[@CoolG97]

My theory as to why the doll couldn't do any of her jobs was because that model was not part of the play-set. This movie confused me as a kid.

[@91Vault]

to be pedantic I think it does make sense that she would "know" she did those past jobs but not actually have any of the related knowledge/ability because it's purely superficial

[@gabe_s_videos]

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but the b-plot about the woman in the office only looking more attractive and being more confident after she's told to wear makeup and smile more... it kinda sounds like something a sexist male boss would tell her.

[@Drewski217]

While there's nothing of Tyra's likeness specifically there *was* a line of 'top model' brand dolls for a very limited time XD

[@kobaltsteel6418]

Ugh, I hate this review; where are my microchips!? I don't see any microchips!

[@tessalyyvuo1667]

15:39 Allison's delivery of that line was much better than Tyra's. More feeling, which made it actually funny.

[@sholem_bond]

"they imply her mother's death was pointless" I mean personally I'd be more offended if someone insisted that the bad things that happened in my life/losing people I loved was actually okay because "it's all part of Someone's plan." To me, this implies that either human life or human suffering is cheap and unimportant enough that the omnipotent Being couldn't be arsed to find a way around it in order to carry out Their plans. It also implies that that's why it's actually good that this painful thing happened/why your feelings of sadness about it aren't okay or are only okay up to a point, and that you owe it to the universe to find some kind of positive thing in your pain. Idk I realize YMMV on this, but if someone told me that my getting multiple sclerosis was all part of God's plan, I'd want to punch them in the face. Sometimes bad things just happen, and sometimes pain is just pain.

[@gracekim25]

It’s definitely not the right thing to say regardless of religious beliefs or not 😅

[@jborrego2406]

I'm sorry but how many white girls have black dolls lol they just now started make black doll that look black.

[@porsche911sbs]

"C'est la Vie" by B*Witched is a song with strong sexual undertones, kinda funny how it's used in a children's film

[@eamonndeane587]

Almost as strange as playing '7 Seconds' over a sex scene in a horror film.

[@James76TV]

@@eamonndeane587 Or "Hey Man" during a basketball game.

[@LiamWalds]

Even watching this as a child I knew that that final "Be a Star" sequence was completely pointless and out of nowhere

[@CthulhuianBunny]

So, Q5 tells J. Michael Straczynski that he can't put the Necronomicon into an episode of The Real Ghostbusters, but this early 2000's Disney movie (back when they were arguably far more conservative with taboo subjects) flat out has a kid trying to resurrect her dead mother with a book of the dead.

[@randalgraves6979]

FUCK Q5 . 🤨

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

Maybe Q5 objected to the name "The Necronomicon." This film shows only "Holcrofts Book of the Dead."

[@WinterSteele]

Omg, your jean jacket is off the hook!

[@danielnorton9803]

Thanks for the old man joke Phelous!!

[@QJ89]

Should I be disappointed that This isn't on Disney+, yet the sequel from 15 years later is?

[@Toby77c]

This movie sort of reminds me of weird science

[@imbuffysummers]

I’d love for that to get a review on this channel!! 😍

[@Tareltonlives]

I was thinking a bad version of Indian in the Cupboard

[@LaDracul]

"WHY IS HER HAIR SEWED INTO THE BOX?!" Yeah, that's me whenever I'm unboxing one of my fantasy high school dolls...

[@deadmaster9360]

EAH??

[@LaDracul]

+Dead Master Yep, same with MH.

[@deadmaster9360]

LaDracul Oh, god yes...I don't know if this is common, but my Ravan came without her right hand. Why couldn't I collect something with less parts? Like rocks.

[@LaDracul]

+Dead Master Some people have noticed quality control at Mattel going down, I was told to examine my SDCC purchases before I left the pick up area.

[@gracekim25]

And the only reason I recognise her is because of the Hannah Montana movie where she gets into a cat fight over shoes😅 21.12.2021

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

Perfect timing to watch this because I just found out their making a Life Size 2!

[@Zice033]

I used a VHS copy of this movie to Fix my VHS copy of Days of Thunder. I keep the spools that the movie is on in my nightstand for a later date.

[@Tareltonlives]

I kinda wish it was a Mitch Buchanan Barbie. Hasslehoff would totally do it, too

[@fenrir-art4742]

No Lindsey in Life Size 2.

[@bowiezombie69]

Lol, Allison's face when Phelan says Ecstasy...that was perfect.

[@lnfreeman]

I still have fond memories of this movie

[@DannyWilliamH]

Lindsay Lohan was a football player in this movie? Lmao

[@yoshiyajoshuakiryu3198]

I know this is an old video but Allison, your hair is beautiful!

[@WrecklessEating]

haha :P

[@tessalyyvuo1667]

The best reviewer combo there is! Then again maybe no surprise there is such a great chemistry with you guys. ; )

[@KeroKaminaX]

i'm surprised you guys don't remember "Shine Bright, Shine Far/Where you live Where you are", that part's atleast memorable from the song

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

KeroKaminaX Star bright/Star bright My light/So bright Star bright Gonna party tonight

[@QJ89]

Speaking of: Between this and 'Smart House,' Disney really liked B*witched, even if they're not That good.

[@Tareltonlives]

David Hasslehoff is a better actor and singer than Tyra Banks

[@Krendall2]

It's kind of sad seeing Lindsay Lohan in anything from Mean Girls and earlier. I forget just how much life she had in her eyes. 17:40 "Death is pointless, that's the point." Anubis; _Gargoyles_

[@royalcrumble2384]

I think they could have maybe improved the whole movie and especially the ending if the Eve doll line was already kinda outdated and sexist, like if barbie never evolved past the 50s and all the doll's potential careers were homemaker or cheerleader or model. Then it makes sense that the doll line is failing, and you have lindsay lohan hating the doll because it's "girly" in a bad way. Then maybe the arc of the movie is Eve learning about and enjoying stuff that isn't traditionally feminine, and lindsay lohan in the process learning that being "girly" isn't inherently bad. Then at the end, the "new" eve dolls are ones with varied careers, more strong role model types- maybe even one with a football outfit like Lindsay's. Yes, I know I'm overthinking this disney channel original lol

[@eatatjoes6751]

…wait, if so then Tyra Banks wouldn’t be the doll until 1968.

[@christostsaknis7176]

I love the intro, reminds me of getting ready to see some cheesy lifetime movie with my sister's in the 90s

[@zadehgenerous8279]

Starring Jesse Pinkman's AA Chairman as the father! "I killed my daughter" Nice moves at the end bb!

[@PIXPromosMore]

I'm VERY sorry to say this, but "Top Model" will be returning this December--on VH1

[@Tareltonlives]

I hope they make a film out of Tyra Bank's novel.

[@FarelForever]

Noiw that the sequel came out, will there be a vlog about it?

[@NobuxD]

I watched this on Disney Channel and loved it. I thought Tyra was putting on a stiff barbie doll but that's actually her personality. Yikes.

[@holographictacosalad]

Gotta love Phelan turning into Old Man at 5:46

[@weirdkitty07]

House with a Clock in its Walls meets Mannequin meets Parent Trap, what's not to love? Ahem. No. Well tihs was back in 2015, so the House books, not the 2018 movie, and a little bit of Hellraiser and Weird Schience. Ha.

[@aii5748]

The nostalgia is hitting me hard! 😆 I loved this movie so much as a kid. This was my jam. It was dreamy. I was a fan of Lindsay because of the Parent Trap (another fave movie) and Tyra was so pretty!! lol Awesome review 💖

[@lapidot4ever647]

Lohan: oh doll hair is here let me get rid of that. Then the mom is ressurcted and then there is a lot of paper work at the social security office.

[@twilightman2816]

It's been a while (one year ago, check the comments) since I was the first to acknowledge in this comment section that Tyra would be returning in Life-Size 2. And now, here are the first photos from the set. www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tyra-banks-slips-back-her-165709969.html Get ready to review the sequel, Alison. It's happening!!!!!!!

[@Kaefer1973]

I'm happy my parents never lied to me when I asked stupid questions like "does everything happen for a reason?". The fact that my parents always said "I don't know" or "nobody really knows" when apropriate did make me bad at seeing through liars later in life though, so maybe parents bullshitting their kids is a good thing after all.

[@redvelvetunderground]

lol I had that Baywatch Barbie doll, the dolphin squealed when you pulled it's lever thing

[@kpag3030]

Tyra was so pretty back in the day.

[@youstic]

Get ready for yet another smize-tastic day, Lupa. Tyra will return in Life-Size 2. www.vulture.com/2017/04/life-size-sequel-with-tyra-banks-is-officially-happening.html Words fail me

[@saltandprepper5024]

wait, she worked on Sunnyvale PD? She must have busted the trailer park boys!

[@polk-e-dot8177]

"vagg knowledge" d-didja mean "vague"? just making sure. 150 dollars for a mastery of the dark arts. rather fair trade imo.

[@Cdr2002]

Allison is ROCKING the 70s lesbian who probably owns a motorcycle look in this vid

[@Genin99]

I wonder what this movie would be like if Nicki Minaj played the doll.

[@tallblondasian]

+Genin99 Aww yeah your dad luhves this fat ass Linsday Lohan *insert Nicki Minaj laugh here*

[@dgooz]

Nicki already looks like a posessed Bratz doll

[@JuicyfruitJessieB]

Genin99 minaj is good at playing a fake plastic woman...so good thought!

[@iamaunicorn1232]

More Booty Tooching.

[@austinrees]

You know the idea that a child created a barbie doll homunculus by trying resurrect their dead mother would make great Anime.

[@qu4dq0r3]

so disney had it's own version of "childsplay", suddenly i wanna see a crossover :D

[@miaria2049]

I loved this as kid. Watched it recently...a lot different.

[@MyMagnificentOctopus]

Mixing her mother and the doll? Brundle-Tyra?

[@jemofthe80s18]

I HAD the video when it was new and STILL watched it whenever it was on TV:) "Okay--DRESS ME!" "Real food!" "Yeah, that's what I love about this place. REAL food. Not like one of those hip, trendy places." "I had a car like this in Sunnyvale, but you had to push it." "I had a car like that once. AAA cancelled me." "What state is that in?" "The Sunshine State!" "Oh...Florida." "Oh! I broke a nail! You're not gonna throw me away, are you?!" "Do you know Apple or Windows?" "Both. I love apples!" Then at the faculty party she's singing her theme song and everyone's singing along:) "Shine bright, shine far, be a star! Where you live, where you are, BE A STAR!"

[@Tareltonlives]

It just hit me: both this and I-Man are Disney. So they can make Tyra Banks into a Disney Princess or Marvel Superhero. Or both. MODELLAND! ONLY ON DISNEY +!

[@Tareltonlives]

I appreciate the later video on Top Model so I got the references in this video :)

[@NWRJ]

I really love this movie! By the way, you have a nice 80's inspired outfit!

[@enolamsamoht]

7:02 Eve's hair is clearly brown not black.

[@Dr-Zoid-Berserk]

I was going to ask if the show is scripted but the bit about not knowing the date of the film answers it.

[@Tareltonlives]

Kinda wish it was a movie about Steffi Love.

[@Tareltonlives]

Come on everybody, smize smize smize! Fill the film up with ego! Ego! All she really wants is smize smize smize I can't believe Tyra Banks was a thing!

[@ashleytheblindvisionary907]

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. It may not be perfect, but I still love it.

[@planescaped]

America's Next Top Model was a horrible show that was nothing more than an ego-trip for horrible Tyra and the other non-entities on the panel.

[@guyincognito8043]

No shit.

[@quinnzykir]

Eve was failing because action man was big at the time

[@MrZerothejedi]

Ah yes... carcanceritis. The deadliest fictional disease

[@stevedyer8075]

So apparently there's a Life Size 2 in the planning process, I heard.

[@blaa6]

I remember this movie. It was so weird. It did come with a Mario 64 Milk ad. Never drank milk since.

[@shwahgamer]

Maybe it's just me but I feel like the scenes of Lohan being upset and angry about the doll, and unwanted potential stepmother feel a little overkill in this. Because the movie she did before this was the remake of The Parent Trap, also about unwanted potential stepmother and trying to get biological parents back together. Personally, I loved that movie, and I have not seen the original. However, in that movie it worked because the potential stepmother was a clearly evil person. This movie is too afraid to make potential stepmother really evil, and the worst thing she does is screw up the spell. Lohan is just being a bratty child that really needs genuine help for the situation. It's the same problem I have with Lilo and Stitch, where this child obviously needs some kind of therapy, or just someone to talk to, but the kid is too bratty to try that method and wants to solve this problem by themselves. And the movie just expects you to ignore the fact that all of their very real problems are solved by getting a pet and having an adventure with aliens. I like the movie really I do, but you can't just ignore that part where she still has those problems, meaning she still needs help and the audience is just supposed to forget about that because they have a pet alien to be a member of family. It's pretty much the same idea here: girl has major issues that are acknowledged and should be helped, she doesn't want that help and wants to solve this by herself, something crazy happens, (it wasn't entirely her fault in this movie I suppose) goes an adventure with an unlikely friend, and at the end all of her phsycological problems are forgotten entirely and the audience is still supposed to just forget that part. Except this movie has really nothing good about it; whereas Lilo and Stitch has a lot of good elements, but in hind sight it is flawed in its logic.

[@vashstarwind36]

Ha HA!! (Sounding like Steven Colbert from Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law)

[@BEEZEBEORA]

Well... thats an Ending I guess? So.. the line i guess is all better and they still sell Eve dolls to this day. Gr- Oh wait no.

[@TheNumnutRandomness]

Geez, I remember this movie. Only thing I remember is dad's love interest messes up little girl's resurrection spell (somehow I missed how messed up that is) and she ends up with Tyra Banks instead. Something wacky hijinks, something bonding, something tearful goodbye and learning about what's really important in life. This review was hilarious! It made me smieyes.

[@thegayghost872]

I remember this movie.

[@nomduclavier]

Girl needs to be less pushy, and willing to lose. Woman needs to perform femininity. Thanks a bunch, movie.

[@Jennithebaker]

I cannot wait for y'all to review the sequel!!!😍

[@Disney65Fan]

Yeah imagine if my dolls came to life lol. The ending was so darn sappy and emotional

[@Scribblerjohnny]

Be a Mitch, blame Hobie,

[@Thrakus]

This should have been Mannequin 3

[@sajibprobably230]

14:45 Oh... I had the album where that song is from. Technically it was my mum's but we really liked the group. I can only describe the feeling this gives me as 'nostalgic whiplash'.

[@samcortez420]

Give them hell icebox

[@dmann2152]

Holy crap I remember this! This used to be on Disney channel all the time!

[@Dimensioneer88]

She STEALS the book from the bookstore. THAT is how desperate this girl wants her mom back.

[@princealarming85]

Why is this movie so white washed? I was starting to think that Tyra was the only non white person in the whole movie; which could have some really messed up implications. They could have used this as a platform to create a positive message to young girls about the concept of beauty that it isn't limited to having blond hair, blue eyes, and light skin like Barbie does. Granted it probably wouldn't be a perfect message and would most likely overlook things like different body types and potentially have other flaws in it's execution as well, but at least it could have tried to be a progressive step in the right direction. I think I spotted one extra who wasn't white and didn't have any lines. Even if changing the script wasn't an option, at the very least diversify your cast to some extent.

[@mitchellhorton9382]

Awww Snap Ansen is in this movie!