WARNING SPOILERS
Your favourite doll is back.
Pink is the word and the one and only Barbie is opening not only her eyes to the world but even ours.
This global sensation directed by Greta Gerwig healed everyone’s inner child with this comedy drama.
With Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, who could imagine a better pair?
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The movie shows Barbie’s plastic fantasy world but as time goes on her perfect life starts to slowly change and morph into the truth.
To fix this Barbie and Ken ride into reality to heal her human that plays with her in the real world.
With this there are bumps in the road learning about sexism, self-discovery and feminism alongside Ken discovering the patriarchy.
When meeting Barbie’s human Gloria and her daughter, Barbie realises how everything isn’t so complete in reality.
Barbie decides to go back to Barbie Land only to find it took over by Ken reflecting on the real world we live in.
Her only option for herself was to give up but with the help and advice from Gloria, Barbie’s takes back her power and saves Barbie Land.
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My initial impression of the idea of a Barbie movie was it being a cheesy American satire style film.
I was completely happy with that as I have loved Barbie since I was a child with it being an escape in the past for myself.
Throughout the film it led you on a rollercoaster of emotions, one minute you would be laughing and the next you would be crying (happy tears).
I loved how there were so many empowering moments and it made me feel heard that it wasn’t just me that felt these emotions and had to deal with scenarios like Barbie encounters throughout this film feeling insecure, hopeless and lost.
It really delved into reasons why as women we feel like this in society and how we have been manufactured like a doll.
I loved how fun it was to watch with the cinematics and outfits and the soundtrack was well suited to the good vibes and heartfelt moments throughout.
There were multiple different types of dolls under the name of barbie which worked well as it gave representation to types of women with different body types, jobs and race which is essentially what Barbie should be about.
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It created a positive message for women and men to remind everyone that they can be anything and don’t have to conform to any expectations.
It portrayed the patriarchy in a funny way by using Ken invading Barbie Land as a self-mockery to show how men within society have affected their own surroundings and women in toxic ways.
Towards the end it focused on how men feel within society feel and act which was positive part of the film as the film focused on feminism.
With the message being it’s about men and women being equal not women being “better”.
Barbie and Ken essentially represent men and women and each type of them represent different types of people especially with Ken introducing his friend Alan.
Alan, played by Michael Cera is a solo character standing against Ken with being a feminist within men and how not everyone is like Ken who is a stereotypical alpha male.
The movie included lots of parts that caught you out reminiscing playing with dolls and the differentiation between the real and imaginative world.
The film exposed a lot of issues that I myself never realised actually are a problem within society and shouldn’t be normalised.
Towards the end they introduced the creator of Barbie, Ruth Handler, which was a heartfelt moment as it felt like a motherly figure from above telling her story too.
One thing I would’ve loved to have seen is a deeper delve into the history part of Barbie especially as they involved Ruth Handler and essentially answer the question of how the message has become twisted to young children of why Barbie was created.
Barbie is definitely for anyone from all walks of life as it has giggles and fun for children and the message for adults.
You can watch Barbie in all cinemas from 21 July.
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