Review of Life-Size 2 (2018) by Emma M — 02 Dec 2018

It's officially been 18 years since Tyra Banks made her name to stardom in the Disney Channel movie 'Life-Size', the story of a young girl accidentally bringing a Barbie-esque doll to life.

The original starred a young Lindsay Lohan whom lost her mother and had only her father partially paying attention to her, she tried to bring her mother back from the dead but ended up bringing Eve to life instead and as a result made a difference in one little girl's life.

It was silly, cheesy but full of joy and emotion.

Now Freeform brings Tyra back in a brand new fashion; Grace Martin played by Francia Raisa plays a flawed CEO of a toy company.

Her mother, Elanor Martin the creator of the Eve doll is serving time in prison so now it's on her shoulders to carry on the responsibility.

She's about to cancel the doll altogether before Christmas but her neighbor convinces her to try and use the same magical book Casey used years ago.

The spell works to Grace's surprise, a new version of Eve enters her life to try and help her and to remind everyone why Eve makes such an impact on little girls' lives.

Tyra brings a whole new energy to the role and the theme of Christmas adds a new layer.

Heck she even raps keeping up with the current music and digital landscape.

Grace and her friends will need all the help they can get to save the toy industry from being overtaken by online sales.

Plus that the board has decided to vote her out because of her erratic behavior.

But maybe all isnt lost for Grace; times have changed, views can turn over, even something like a doll can inspire and teach confidence.

Its not too late to see something new and let everyone be who they are and shine bright like a star.

A very worthy and much more grown-up follow-up to the original!