Barbie
Barbie

Barbie

2023Movie114 minEnglish

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

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IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic80/100
Google Users83%
Director: Greta GerwigGenres: Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Plot Summary

Barbie (Margot Robbie) lives in the vibrant and seemingly perfect world of Barbieland. However, after experiencing an existential crisis and thoughts of death, she embarks on a journey to the Real World to find the true meaning of happiness. Along the way, she discovers the complexities and imperfections of human life, while Ken (Ryan Gosling) grapples with his own identity outside of Barbie's shadow.

Critical Reception

Barbie was a massive critical and commercial success, lauded for its sharp wit, vibrant visuals, and surprisingly deep exploration of feminist themes and existentialism. While some found its messaging heavy-handed, the overwhelming consensus praised Greta Gerwig's direction, the performances, and its ability to be both a fun summer blockbuster and a thought-provoking commentary on society.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its ambitious and satirical take on the iconic doll, blending humor with profound themes.
  • Celebrated for Greta Gerwig's inventive direction and the strong performances, particularly from Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
  • A visually stunning and audaciously funny film that critiques patriarchy while embracing the fun of its subject matter.

Google audience: Audience reviews frequently highlight the film's unexpected depth, humor, and empowering messages. Many appreciated the visual design and the clever subversion of expectations for a movie based on a toy.

Awards & Accolades

Nominated for multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling), and Best Supporting Actress (America Ferrera). It also received numerous nominations and wins at Golden Globe Awards, Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and BAFTA Awards.

Fun Fact

The production designers created over 100 different Barbies and Kens for the film, each with unique outfits and accessories, inspired by the vast history of Mattel's dolls.

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The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

**Barbie's breathtaking visuals and practical effects outshine the erratic storytelling to make a fresh and innovative movie with themes that will be divisive for many.** Barbie is a visually stunning achievement that has excelled at the...
DRDMovieMusings

DRDMovieMusings

The _Barbie_ movie is funny, and fun, and moved with deft pace from laughs to moments so engaging you could hear a pin drop in the theatre. Its social message should not be controversial — _Barbie_ is a _critique of power and status quo_...
rsanek

rsanek

McKinnon and Gosling's acting is great, and the dance numbers are really well done. But the story is very weak -- the Gloria/Sasha tie-in felt ham-fisted and the 'bonding' Barbie has at the end with Ruth makes no sense in the context of the...
Brent Marchant

Brent Marchant

“Heavy is the arm that wears its heart on its sleeve.” That’s the best way to sum up this overwritten, overlong, stunningly obvious treatise on gender equality, consumerism and existentialism, whose messages get beaten to death beginning ea...
JP Hastings-Spital

JP Hastings-Spit...

This was an _excellent_ film that left me emotionally stretched in just the right way. It's an adult movie with childhood references (not a kids' film at all), and seems pitched at people roughly my age (Matchbox 20 referenced as a track fo...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

"Thus Spake Zarabarbie" - that's the opening message as narrated by Dame Helen Mirren who gives us a potted history of the doll - from it's origins as an inanimate plaything of young girls to it's current status as an empowering conduit for...
TheRealMina

TheRealMina

Terrible movie with no plot. The film is marketed as a light hearted family film but instead focuses on adult themes while pushing an extremist feminist agenda which mocks traditional family values and men. The only enjoyable parts of...
Manuel São Bento

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.firstshowing.net/2023/review-greta-gerwigs-barbie-is-both-hilarious-thought-provoking/ "Barbie is hilariously meta, containing spectacularly funny musical numbers, and an efficient tonal balance bet...
MovieGuys

MovieGuys

I took my daughter along to see this, naively expecting light, family friendly fun and well, its not. Not even a little. The kindest way I can describe this monstrosity is mean spirited, misandry. The message is simply not one I want my ...
Chris Sawin

Chris Sawin

_Barbie_ reels you in with its silly humor and fantastical ideas. The war of Kens during the last half hour of the film is an all-timer because a battle full of handsome maneuvers, like showing off their naked chest and manly noogies, turns...