Baby Genius - Mozart and Friends Sleepytime (DVD, 2004)

I bought the entire set of Baby Genius films. I had purchased other series of films before, and I felt, it was never too early to expose my child to these educational films. I can't say, my son was impressed by the Baby Genius line. They don't seem age appropriate. I think, they are more appropriate for older, toddler aged children. I can see, 2-4 year olds watching most of these films. The age on all of the films say for 0-48 months. The films are shot in video with classical music backgrounds. They show footage mostly of children and whatever the theme of the movie happens to be. The classical music is traditional, and has not been altered to really appeal to children (unlike Baby Einstein). Some of the movies have costumed characters similar to PBS's Barney. They also, have computer animated cartoon characters that pop in and out of the video frames. There is little or no dialog to these films. There is some type of computer animation in most of the films.
Mozart and Friends Sleepytime has scenes of puppies, kittens, children, and flowers. This movie in particular could be watched by younger babies. The movie is rather poorly done. It is extremely fragmented with no particular theme. It contains a large amount of dated computer graphics. The video is shot badly. It seems thrown together. In one scene, you may see video of puppies. The next scene goes into geometrical computer graphics. The next scene may have computer animated numbers. So, this movie really has no common pattern. It has a background of Mozart, and the music is soothing. There is no dialog. It is not as colorful as the Baby Einstein films. My son is 11 months, and they just don't hold his attention like other baby film lines. I would skip these films and go with the Baby Einstein collection. They are age appropriate, and the films have various age categories that grow with your child. Also, other good lines are the Fisher Price series, Classical Baby, and Curious Buddies.

I LOVE these videos and so do my kids. It is a nice way to have some down time with them and get them ready for bed as well as time to learn their letters and numbers. These videos keep my kids attention where others do not. And the soothing music makes them sleepy! Highly recommend them to everyone! My son knew his numbers letters and colors by age 2 and I owe a lot of that to these DVD's! The music, the slow repetition of letters and numbers and the vibrant colors really sink into their minds and helps them to identify. I can't say enough about Baby Genius DVD's So glad they are available.

DVD is great. Fast shipping. My Grandson loves it.
The DVD plays perfect. My Grandson plays it over and over again.

We were having trouble getting our 5 year old boy to settle down to sleep at night. Not anymore!! We put this dvd in and he is asleep within 5 minutes. Works like a charm!! Highly recommnended!!