They can also nearly have the film stolen from them by a Zoolander-esque himbo Ryan Gosling ( The Gray Man) at his absolute funniest as Stereotypical Barbie's yearning Ken.īefore Ken's stunning late-film, go-for-broke, 50s-musical-adoring song-and-dance number that deserves all of the awards, including for Gosling putting his crooning to use again post- La La Land and loving it, Barbie has to derail the Barbies' constant rotation of best days ever. BOOM!), a Supreme Court justice (Ana Cruz Kayne, Jerry and Marge Go Large), a journalist (Ritu Arya, Polite Society), a lawyer (Sharon Rooney, Jerk) and a mermaid ( Dua Lipa, making her movie debut). ![]() Barbies can be anything, be it President (Issa Rae, Insecure), a doctor (Hari Nef, Meet Cute), a diplomat (Nicola Coughlan, Bridgerton), a Nobel Prize-winning physicist (Emma Mackey, Emily), an author (Alexandra Schipp, tick, tick. Indeed, in a movie that not only overflows with a feminist perspective, but pokes glorious fun at the patriarchy - plus 90s male-fronted rock, car and horse obsessions, and men competing and one-upping each other (side note: do Kens have genitalless bulge-measuring contests?) - it throws in a glaring clash that couldn't serve the picture better. The more askew it gets and revels in it, the better. This film has much to do, as a Mattel- produced affair that also skewers the brand, and both dotes on and parodies all things Barbie, must. Meet Gerwig's spirit animal when she lets Weird Barbie's vibe rain down like a shower of glitter, covering everything and everyone in sight, the always-intelligent, amusing and dazzling Barbie is at its brightest and most brilliant. Sporting cropped hair, a scribbled-on face and legs akimbo, she's brought to life by Saturday Night Live great Kate McKinnon having a blast, and explained as the outcome of a kid somewhere playing too eagerly. While she isn't Barbie's villain, not for a second, her nonconformist look and attitude says everything about Barbie at its most delightful. But there's a Weird Barbie living in a misshapen abode. And, they're certain that their female-championing realm - and them being female champions of all skills, talents and appearances - has changed the real world inhabited by humans. Robbie's Stereotypical Barbie and her fellow dolls genuinely believe that their rosy beachside suburban excellence is infectious, too. In Barbie's Barbie Land, life is utopian. The longer that it continues, however, the harder and wilder that Lady Bird and Little Women director Greta Gerwig goes, as does her Babylon and Amsterdam star lead-slash-producer Margot Robbie as Barbie. It's almost instantly a pink-hued paradise for the eyes, and it's also a cleverly funny flick from its 2001: A Space Odyssey-riffing outset. Barbie, the film, starts with glowing aesthetic perfection. ![]() Like globally beloved item, like live-action movie bearing its name. The more that the world-famous mass-produced figurine is trotted through DreamHouses, slipped into convertibles and decked out in different outfits, though - then given non-standard makeovers - the more that playing with the plastic fashion model becomes fantastical. ![]() As that new doll smell lingers, and the toy's synthetic limbs gleam and locks glisten, so does a child's sense of wonder. No one plays with a Barbie too hard when the Mattel product is fresh out of the box.
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