I’ve been a member of the Disney Movie Club for quite awhile now, and I have seen the ads for the various “Buddies” movies but hadn’t had a chance to watch one until tonight.
Treasure Buddies is the sixth film in the Buddies franchise. This one stars Rosebud, B-Dawg, Budderball, Buddha, and Mudbud as they travel to Egypt to search for Cleocatra’s Cat’s Eye jewel. (Cleocatra was Cleopatra’s cat.) The Buddies hope to find the jewel before the nasty cat Ubasti finds it and uses it’s power to rid the world of all dogs.
Along the way, the Buddies meet up with some new friends, including Babi, a monkey, and Cammy, a baby camel. The friends encounter lots of puzzles, traps, and semi-dangerous situations.
Treasure Buddies is rated G, so the movie is well-suited to most age groups, though there is a (bloodless) sword fight, and a secondary character falls into a snake pit never to be seen again (he simply falls into the hole, nothing else is shown).
My three and five year old kids both watched the film with me and weren’t scared at all. Some of the puzzle-solving and science bits were a little over their heads, but neither one complained. My five-year-old son was completely entranced by the movie the entire time which leads me to think that the optimum age range is probably five to ten years of age.
Buy it:
Treasure Buddies is available for purchase on Blu-Ray and DVD starting today, January 31, 2012. You can find Treasure Buddies for sale from most mass retailers as well as direct from Disney.
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Disclosure: I received a copy of Treasure Buddies for review thanks to Walt Disney Motion Pictures Canada. The opinions in this post are my own.
