Barbie
Came out; 2023
Time; 1 hours 54 minutes
Watched: Theatre
Rating; PG-13 for suggestive references and brief language
IMDB Rating; 7.6/10
Caution; Spoiler Alert
Staring.
Margot Robbie as Barbie
Ryan Gosling as Ken
Issa Rae as Barbie
Kater McKinnon as Barbie
Alexandra Shipp as Barbie
Emma Mackey as Barbie
Hari Nef as Barbie
Sharon Rooney as Barbie
Ana Cruz Kayne as Barbie
Ritu Arya as Barbie
Dua Lipa as Barbie
Nicola Coughlan as Barbie
Emerald Fennell as Midge
Simu Liu as Ken
Kingsley Ben-Adir as Ken
Ncuti Gatwa as Ken
Scott Evans as Ken
John Cena as Ken
Michael Cera as Allan
America Ferrera as Gloria
Ariana Greenblatt as Sasha
Rhea Perlman as Ruth
Helen Mirren as Narrator
Will Ferrell as Mattel CEO
Story Line;
Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and existence.
Thoughts:
This movie was way better than I thought it would! I see so many people say this isn't for kids, but it's for everyone!
So many nostalgia moments in this movie, the history of barbie and the story was super cute!
The movie was the perfect length, Margot Robbie is cute and even Will Ferrell as the CEO is great!
I will forever quote “Hi I'm weird Barbie, I'm in the splits and I smell like basement”
I wish the listing would say who played what Barbie, as they all had their “jobs” and Ken of course is just beach so that one makes sense!
CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
Stereotypical Barbie ("Barbie") and a wide range of fellow Barbies all reside in Barbieland, a matriarchal society where all women are self-confident, self-sufficient, and successful. While their Ken counterparts spend their days engaging in recreational activities at the beach, the Barbies hold all important job positions such as doctors, lawyers, and politicians. Beach Ken ("Ken") is only happy when he is with Barbie and seeks a closer relationship, but Barbie rebuffs him in favor of independence and female friendships.
During a dance party, Barbie is suddenly stricken with worries about mortality. The next day, she finds she can no longer complete her usual routine and discovers her feet have gone flat and she has cellulite. Weird Barbie, a wise but disfigured outcast, tells her that to cure her affliction, she must travel into the real world and find the child playing with her. On her way to the real world, Barbie finds Ken stowed away in her convertible, and reluctantly allows him to join her.
Arriving at Venice Beach, the pair cause multiple antics and are arrested, alarming the Mattel CEO, who orders their capture. Barbie tracks down her owner, a tween girl named Sasha, who criticizes her for encouraging unrealistic beauty standards. Distraught, Barbie discovers that Gloria, a Mattel employee and Sasha's mother, is the catalyst of her existential crisis. Gloria began playing with Sasha's Barbie toys while experiencing her own identity crisis, inadvertently transferring her concerns to Barbie. Gloria and Sasha rescue Barbie from Mattel's CEO and his subordinates, and the three travel together to Barbieland.
Meanwhile, Ken learns about the patriarchal system, and feels important and accepted for the first time. Returning to Barbieland, he persuades the other Kens into taking over, and the Barbies are subjugated into submissive roles, such as maids, housewives and agreeable girlfriends. Barbie arrives and tries to convince Ken and the Barbies to return to the way things were, only to be rebuffed. She becomes depressed, but Gloria gives her an inspirational speech about what it means to be a woman.
With the encouragement of Sasha, Gloria, Weird Barbie, Allan, and other discontinued dolls, the Barbies free themselves from the Kens and manipulate them to fight amongst themselves, allowing the Barbies to regain their positions of power and prevent the Kens from altering the constitution to enshrine male superiority. The Barbies also realize the error of their previous societal system, and decide to make some changes in Barbieland, including equalized treatment for the Kens and all outcasted dolls.
Barbie and Ken apologize to each other and acknowledge their failings. Ken bemoans that he has no identity or purpose without Barbie, to which Barbie encourages him to find an autonomous identity. Barbie, who remains unsure of her own purpose and identity, meets with the spirit of Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler, who explains that Barbie's story has no set ending and her ever-evolving history surpasses that of her roots.
Barbie decides to become human and return to the real world. Sometime later, Gloria, her husband, and Sasha take Barbie, now going by the name "Barbara Handler", to her first gynecologist appointment.
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