Review of Barbie (2023) by Richard Lawson for Vanity Fair — 18 Jul 2023
There is plenty in Barbie to be delighted by, even moved by. I have no doubt that the film will be a massive hit, cheered for turning a cynical I.P. project into a loopy treatise on being. But the movie could maybe have been stickier, more probing and indelible, if it had reined in some of its erratic energy and really figured out what it wanted to say.
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This review of Barbie (2023) was written by Richard Lawson and published by Vanity Fair on 18 Jul 2023.
Barbie has generally received positive reviews.
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