July 20, 2023-

That was a wonderful movie!

There was heart and humor and depth. As always, the cast did a fantastic job at portraying Barbie’s and Ken’s and other dolls and characters. Margot Robbie was just brilliant in this role. And I was reminded that Anne Hathaway was originally marked for this role and I think she would have done just as amazing a job. Ryan Gosling’s Ken role was seemingly monotone, but there were little wisps of depth hidden underneath. It would have been nice to have some more focus on some of the other Barbie’s and Ken’s, but that’s mainly because some of the other cast members were actors who I really enjoy seeing.

The movie was just under 2 hours but honestly, it didn’t feel like it to me, when it was over I was like oh, it’s been two hours, right, I forgot it was that long.

The plot was both surprising and expected, and still fantastic. I wasn’t quite sure what was going to happen once most of what the trailers had shown had passed, but once I caught on to where things were heading, I was excited to get there and see how it was going to play out.

Some audience members in the theater had great reactions to particular moments and one girl who yelled WHAT!? when everyone else was silent. It was a good moment for that, haha.

There are certainly many points trying to be made and I think they were made well and hopefully people will take them to heart in the future. It is a bit heavy-handed on some points but I think that is good and those scenes needed to be as descriptive as they were and hit as hard as they did.

I most definitely recommend watching this movie regardless of how you feel about Barbie as a brand. As the trailers have suggested, that is all addressed.

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Mid-credit scene: No, but stay for the animated credits, it’s a nice bit of history.

End-credit scene: Nope