Rock 'N Royals is a different direction from previous offerings from Barbie Entertainment due to it's unique musical format, where characters often break into choreographed musical numbers. The plot centers around two warring summer camps (one for princesses and one for rock stars). Barbie's character, the princess, accidentally switches places with one of the rockers. During their time at the other camps, the characters learn to appreciate and learn from the talents and strengths of others. Some of the plot seems like a retread of past films. Barbie's character Courtney is on her way to a princess training camp, similar to 2011's "Barbie: Princess Charm School." Also in the film, Barbie's princess character switches places with a rocker, similar to 2012's "Barbie: Princess and the Popstar." There is also the "mean girls" element where some of the girl characters are judgmental and mean.The song-and-dance numbers are the strongest part of this film. The songs are catchy and the animated dancers perform real and modern choreography. The feel of the musical numbers reminds me of real-action films like "Disney's High School Musical", "Camp Rock", or even grown-up offerings like the "Pitch Perfect" and "Step Up" dance films. The moral of working together and accepting others' differences was a nice touch also.The songs feature a good mix of styles. Some of the tracks are musical theater ensembles with great harmonies, like "Gotta Get to Camp." The ballad "What If I Shine" is a nice track with lyrics about overcoming insecurities. There are two acapella-style songs which really highlight vocalization: "When You're A Princess" and "Unlock Your Dreams." The song "Find Yourself in the Song" has great rock influence. There seems to be a lot of influence in the music from popular artists like Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Miley Cyrus. Yet these songs are clean so the whole family can enjoy. My favorite song is the "Finale Mash-Up" which combines two of the previous tracks in an amazing "Glee"-style number.Regarding the animation style, it is much better than last year's mess, "Princess Power". They fleshed Barbie's frame out since the last film (where she was disturbingly gaunt), and she looks much healthier here. My favorite animation style of Barbie movies was during 2010-2012 because the colors were vivid, the bodies slim yet healthy, and the faces and hairstyles more detailed and lifelike. Yet in this film, the animators did an amazing with the dance sequences and making the body movements lifelike. I didn't like Lady Anne's helmut-hair style - it was so flat and strange looking. Yet I'm glad that the studio decided to move away from their previous (unsucessfull) attempt in "Princess Power" to copy the quirky animation style of Pixar and Disney (think Honey Lemon in "Big Hero 6). I thought this film was a vast improvement over the last release.Overall, this really is an excellent film and I hope the studio will continue to make more like this. I'm surprised these movies aren't more well known and popular because they are just as good if not better than some of the theatrical releases we see from studios like Dreamworks and Disney. The more I watch "Rock 'N Royals" the more I like it and the soundtrack is really great. This movie should appeal to tweens and younger, or moms like me who have a soft spot for all things Barbie.NOTE: If you enjoy this film, look at the Barbie website for dates of the "Rock 'N Royals" concert mall tour: a 20-minute free concert at select locations. I think that Barbie could easily adapt this film to a stage-musical or live arena show, following in the steps of the Disney company. I look forward to seeing what the Barbie brand will have out next.