Movie Information
Overall Rank: 7208
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 14
Theatrical Release Date: 07/21/2023
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Greta Gerwig
Actors: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp
Plot: While the Barbie life may seem to be perfect - one model finds herself conflicted and heads to the world outside - with a stowaway Ken along for the ride - only to find that things are very different in the "real" world, leading to revelations and revolts. -- Chris Kavan
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Rating of
3/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 07/27/2023
Like the toy it's based on, "Barbie" tries too hard to be everything to and for everyone. But this wacky and surreal comedy based on a doll is absolutely splendid, and mad props to the costume and production designers who really immerse this movie in its pink plastic Dreamhouse world.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3.5/4
A strong "no" to patriarchy
DEPART - wrote on 08/15/2023
Here we have 114 minutes which from the first second to the last is filled with merciless blows against the patriarchy. A patriarchy that Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie) and her Ken (Ryan Gosling) discover when a glitch in the multiverse starts to "break" Barbie. She looks for a way to solve it and finds it thanks to Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon). She tells her that she needs to go out into the real world and find the person who needs her. Only then will the wound she has opened be closed.
As ridiculous as the premise that the main plot begins with Stereotypical Barbie stomping her feet and heels on the floor seems, take some time to think about it. Barbie may have revolutionized the world, but at the time she was released, a woman wearing a flat shoe in the US was weird. It was …
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