The film is directed by Sean McNamara with a screenplay by Susan Estelle Jansen, from a story written by Adam de la Pena and David Eilenberg.

It stars Nathalia Ramos, Skyler Shaye, Logan Browning and Janel Parrish as the members of the group, with Chelsea Staub, Lainie Kazan and Jon Voight in supporting roles.

[4] The story revolves around a group of four teenage girls, the origin of their friendship and the social pyramid that tries to make the Bratz conform to archetypal high school cliques.

[3] Yasmin, Cloe, Sasha and Jade are four teenage best friends and are about to start their freshman year of high school together in Los Angeles.

However, Meredith dislikes the independent spirit of the four girls and automatically knows they are trouble to her plans, plotting to ruin their friendship and make them conform to her prefabricated cliques.

Yasmin joins the journalism club, but later decides to focus on singing before she meets Dylan, a popular yet laid-back jock, who is deaf but can lip read, who misses being able to listen to music.

Two years later, an accidental food fight causes them to get detention for breaking Principal Dimly's statue after Meredith sent her pet dog, Paris, to attack Cloe from flirting with Cameron.

Additionally, director Sean McNamara makes a cameo appearance as Tom McShavie, the Vice President of MTV Networks.

[5] Susie Singer Carter also wrote and produced the film for Lionsgate but lost her credit in a Writers Guild arbitration, then her name appears as screenwriter on the final movie poster.

[6] The film was shot from February to March 2007 at Santee Education Complex in South Los Angeles, California, while school was in session.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Full of mixed messages and dubious role-models, Bratz is too shallow even for its intended audience.

[12] Common Sense Media gave the soundtrack three stars, writing that "With heavy-hitting help from the Black Eyed Peas, The Slumber Party Girls, Ashlee Simpson, Dropping Daylight, and Lifehouse, these young performers gamely negotiate some very ordinary-sounding, preachy material and make the songs sparkle anyway.

The DS version of the game also allowed users to design their own clothes patterns, care for a digital pet, and play various mini-games.