Review of Barbie (2023) by Madremia — 21 Jul 2023

All the hype for very little buzz.

I just finished watching the Barbie movie and to say that I’ve been let down, by what once was a nostalgic love story from my childhood is an understatement. I’ve read through so many of the 1 STARAll the hype for very little buzz.

I just finished watching the Barbie movie and to say that I’ve been let down, by what once was a nostalgic love story from my childhood is an understatement.

I’ve read through so many of the 1 STAR reviews, and everything said so far is what I felt and thought.

This wasn’t the love story I think we all hoped for, or that was reflected in the movies previews (it was all a lie), in fact if I knew what this movie was actually going to be about (feminism, hatred for men etc) I would not have wasted my time or money on a ticket.

We go to the movies to get lost in excitement, Aww and wonder, to escape the mundane, to live vicariously through the actors on the screen….

The movie started off well, with all the glitz and glam your once young heart had desired, Ryan Gosling played a fantastic Ken, and Margo Robbie, if her character had been written better would have also been amazing.

Instead this movie was boring, it was man hatting much of the way through, I found myself checking my phone, waiting for it to end, and thinking will this get any better? Will I get a refund if I leave now?

Will Ferrel who is one of my favorite actors wasn’t memorable, the only memorable part of this movie is the love I have lost for the Barbie and Ken love story we all had hoped to see from this film.

I can’t believe Mattel were happy with its release, I feel like it was damaging to the Barbie brand.

This movie definitely isn’t for kids, or for people who once loved Barbie growing up.

Save yourself some money, and the heart break and just don’t even bother.

At the end of the movie, I looked around the theater and saw people sitting with all of this pretty Barbie propaganda and laughed as that’s not what the movie was about, or made you feel.