🎬 FilmReview Barbie: Enjoy a nostalgic and funny journey to Barbieland and back in Greta Gerwig’s much-anticipated feature. | ✍️ SheriFlanders
Greta Gerwig serves up a frothy confection of fashion and fun coupled with searing social critique of the iconic doll in the movie. A freewheeling kaleidoscope of saturated colors and snark, this film is a bonkers romp through Barbieland, the real world, and back again. The improbably stacked cast includes Helen Mirren as the narrator, Issa Rae as President Barbie, Will Ferrell as a villainous Mattel exec, and John Cena as Mermaid Ken.
Margot Robbie is fantastic in plastic, perkily skipping down a path of self-discovery as Stereotypical Barbie, trailed by lovesick puppy Beach Ken, a pitch-perfect casting of Ryan Gosling. Hardcore Barbie fans will squee underneath the cubic ton of nostalgic Barbie fashion and accessories, and haters will cackle at the nonstop irreverent jokes. An underwritten subplot about a mother and daughter reclaiming their inner child gives the film heart.
The plot flies completely off the rails in the second half, not unlike a group of children playing make-believe. But the movie transcends all missteps through the strength of its vision. Anyone expecting a harsh critique of capitalism or apolitical mindless fun will be sorely disappointed. Some of the funniest sequences in the film send up the patriarchy through mocking the himbo Kens, including the now iconic power ballad “I’m Just Ken.
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