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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 18 Jul 2023

The Barbie world was a grown-up one — wildly sanitized and outfit-focused and unrealistic, but grown-up nonetheless — and, for a kid, an…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 18 Jul 2023

“Barbie” is really an insightful exploration of humanity, the meaning of life and the cognitive dissonance of a woman living in the patriarchy,…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 18 Jul 2023

I admit it: I went into “Barbie” with no firsthand usage or any practical knowledge, even, of Barbie, or Ken, let alone Allan or Midge…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 18 Jul 2023

It’s a visual feast that succeeds as both a gleeful escape and a battle cry…

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By Greg Nussen (17) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 18 Jul 2023

The film is at once a journey of self-actualization and a testament to female solidarity…

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By Alex Flood (24) for NME (146) on 18 Jul 2023

Sprinkled throughout are marketing messages (“Barbie means you can be anything”) that sound like they come straight from a press release…

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By Jane Crowther (96) for Total Film (3,532) on 18 Jul 2023

It’s a relief to discover that the Lady Bird/Little Women director’s tale of a dress-up doll is profound, silly, moving, smart, existential…

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By David Fear (910) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 18 Jul 2023

This is a saga of self-realization, filtered through both the spirit of free play and the sense that it’s not all fun and games in the real…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Jul 2023

By showing a sense of humor about the brand’s past stumbles, it gives us permission to challenge what Barbie represents — not at all what…

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By Beth Webb (40) for Empire (3,446) on 18 Jul 2023

Greta Gerwig delivers a new kind of ambitious and giddily entertaining blockbuster that boasts two definitive performances from actors already…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 18 Jul 2023

Greta Gerwig takes on feminism and the patriarchy in this hilarious, deeply bizarre film…

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By Alice Saville (4) for Time Out (7,510) on 18 Jul 2023

This is a wonderfully fun watch that somehow manages to simultaneously celebrate and satirise the Barbie brand, its feminism and girliness…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 18 Jul 2023

Whatever you think of “Barbie,” the mere existence of this smart, funny, conceptually playful, sartorially dazzling comic fantasy speaks…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 18 Jul 2023

Barbie never descends into a cheap girls-versus-boys final showdown; it just reckons with the different ways self-image gets sold to us, the…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 18 Jul 2023

Viewers who have nurtured a loving if complicated relationship with Barbie might feel seen by the end of the film…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Jul 2023

Barbie is an impressive and original work of the imagination…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 18 Jul 2023

Gerwig does much within the material’s inherently commercial parameters, though it isn’t until the finale — capped by a sharply funny,…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 18 Jul 2023

All told, Barbie is a fascinating movie, even if it is occasionally a little frustrating and often more fun to look at than it is laugh-out-loud…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 18 Jul 2023

There is plenty in Barbie to be delighted by, even moved by…

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By Lovia Gyarkye (142) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Jul 2023

Barbie is driven by jokes — sometimes laugh-out-loud, always chuckle-worthy — that poke light fun at Mattel, prod the ridiculousness of…

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