Review of Barbie (2023) by Avalon991 — 21 Jul 2023

Pros: it is nostalgic to all people who played Barbie as children (in a good way); it's funny; it interestingly describes the problem of growing up, mother/daughter relationships (Barbie/her creator and Mum/daughter from the real world); it shows how difficult is to be a woman sometimes (and for my nation (I'm from one of European countries) all she said was a sad truth; if in USA it's otherwise, skip this point); it's bright and well-choreographed; I'm not a specialist, but the actors' work was also great. Ken was a good antagonist who made me hate him (not because he's a man, but because his character was envious, rude and used his power to make other people suffer; if you imagine in his place some mad female scientist, nothing will change), Barbie showed relatable emotions.

Cons: some amount of dirty jokes, Mattel's team didn't have any plot behind them (like, they were funny, but didn't have any actual purpose), several story arcs weren't finished.

Speaking about offensive ideas - the description of patriarchy served mostly for comedy purposes. No one considered the Idiocracy offensive towards silly or clever people, I hope, as well as Scary movie towards ghosts.