When the egg gets lost, Barney and the kids romp off to find it. The adventure takes them to a circus, a hot-air balloon show, a restaurant and other equally exciting places. The dinosaur prances endlessly, gaily leading the youngsters through such songs as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star . Most of the time, the movie's staging is as rudimentary as the songs. The adventure is told in the most inoffensive, innocuous, upbeat manner imaginable.
Nothing is too scary or ugly or glum.
This is not one of those happy instances, however, when parents will be as charmed as their kids. All they'll find to please them is that the film is wholesome entertainment. The movie's most amusing moment for adults is when a waiter in a fancy restaurant begins speaking to Barney in French and Barney answers fluently. The movie's best idea for kids is having a slightly older, mocking boy learn that Barney is cool. That should appeal to youngsters who have had their own love of Barney derided by slightly older playmates or siblings.