Teen Movie
Title: The Barbie Movie
Writer: Greta Gerway and Noach Baumbach
Gerwig, G., & Baumbach, N. (Writers). (2023). The Barbie Movie. Warner Bros., Heyday Films, LuckyChap Entertainment, NBGG Pictures, Mattel Film
Rating: 5 stars
The Barbie Movie by Greta Gerway and Noach Baumbach starts off in Barbie Land, where life is perfect for the Barbies. However, a glitch causes Stereotypical Barbie (Margo Robbie) to question her existence and mortality. Barbie notices something is off when things become imperfect, such as a cold shower, spoiled milk, and, even worse, flat feet. To understand what is going on, Barbie talks to weird Barbie, a Barbie with a funny haircut, face drawings, and always doing the splits because it got played with too hard. She learns from this that she must embark on a journey to the real world, accompanied unexpectedly by Beach Ken (Ryan Gosling), who constantly seeks Barbie's acceptance.
Barbie and Ken find themselves in Los Angeles, where Barbies starts to discover the flaws of the human world. For example, women are not in charge of things like back home, and she can sense but not understand why the comments make her feel uncomfortable. Barbie thought that she fixed sexism and made things better for women until she encountered Sasha, who let her know what the world is like. Meanwhile, Ken is getting to experience male privilege for the first time, and he sees that men here occupy many positions of power and are respected. Mattel then discovers Barbie is out in the real world and tries to get her back so they do not have another Skipper situation. After Mattel fails to capture Barbie Sasha's mother Gloria (America Ferrera) saves her and they head back to Barbie Land where we find out it was Gloria who was the source of Barbie's existential crisis. When they return to Barbieland, they discover Ken has overturned the matriarchal system and brainwashed the Barbies into being weak-minded and willing to follow anything the Kens want. A battle of ideologies comes to a head. Barbie and her group of friends devise a plan to unite the dolls by reminding them how impossible it is to be a woman; once they wake all the Barbies up, they plan to dismantle the regime by turning the Kens against each other to allow the restoration of Barbie land. In the end Barbies tells Ken that he needs to find out who he is without Barbie, the Barbies also make sure that the Kens have some part in the new system, but Barbie, is still uncertain of her purpose, encounters the spirit of Ruth Handler, the creator. Ruth encourages Barbie to embrace the ever-evolving journey of self-discovery. Barbie decides to venture into the real world and adopts the name Barbara Handler, which is Ruth’s daughter’s name, symbolizing a newfound sense of identity.
This movie has been controversial because some men feel as if it is bashing the male exitance by saying boys are dumb, but in fact, this movie is for men and women, but you have to be willing to listen and accept the message. The lessons that the movie tries to point out are that women do not need to fulfill the role of the “ideal” woman, that things will be complex, and that there will be heartache. As women, it's ok to have imperfections. We do not have to confirm the ideas that society puts on us. For men, it is essential to understand that you do not need to fit into this idea of hyper-masculinity. It’s okay to have emotions and really feel them. Don’t let what you wear or your job, or who you date be your identity. Like Ken’s sweatshirt said in the end, know that you are “Kenough.”
There are some adult jokes in here, so watching with young children should be at the parent's discretion.
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Awards:
Golden Globe Awards (2024) - Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Alliance of Women Film Journalists - Best Screenplay, Original
Critics' Choice Movie Awards-Best Production Design
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards- Best Art Direction/Production Design
Celebration of Cinema & Television -Groundbreaker Award - America Ferrera
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