What’s It About
After being expelled from Barbieland for being a less than perfect-looking doll, Barbie sets off for the human world to find true happiness.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
First thing, the Barbie movie has some of the worst marketing ever. This is not a children’s movie. It is very much geared toward teens and adults. When I saw it, The fact that it was not made for kids became apparent in the first fifteen minutes. And it was a long fifteen minutes as I watched stereotypical Barbie (Margo Robbie) wake up, dress, eat, drive, and wave to every Barbie variant, including the canceled pregnant Barbie on her way to the beach. Then it was time to meet the Kens. Since this is a Barbie film, Kens’ only purpose is to impress a Barbie, and Robbie was the main Barbie every Ken wanted or needed to impress the most. Watching the Kens fight for Barbie’s affection was like an adult version of the Little Rascals Alfalfa fighting Butch over Darla. This is also when they throw in more adult references like beaching someone off. As you know from the trailer, something goes wrong, and Barbie (Robbie) begins to malfunction. Her only way to fix what’s happening to her is to go to the real world, along with a stowed-away Beach Ken (Ryan Gosling). Once they reach the real world, things get crazier, and the antics become more adult, considering Barbie and Ken aren’t human. I’m not quite sure what they are or how they are, and it’s not my place to tell you, but their existence is no secret to the top execs at Mattel. Speaking of which, Will Ferrell is the CEO and needs Barbie back in Barbieland. At this point, it’s painfully clear what has been happening and how it parallels certain aspects of the real world. I swear I could hear other moviegoers saying, “Oh, now I get It,” after several double-entendre moments throughout the film, as there are many of them. The real-world comparisons become more pronounced when they get back to Barbieland. And in true Greta Gerwig’s (director) style, lessons were shown, taught, and learned, with a solid moral compass pointing the way.
OUR RATING – A STEREOTYPICAL 7
MEDIA
- Genre – Comedy
- Street date
- Digital – September 12th, 2023
- DVD/Blu-Ray/4K – October 17th, 2023
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2.00:1
- Sound – English: Dolby Atmos, English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit), Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Atmos, French: Dolby TrueHD 7.1, French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles – English SDH, English, French, Spanish
Extras
- It’s A Weird World (HD 5:03)
- All-Star Barbier Party (HD 4:57)
- Musical Make-Believe (HD 9:11)
- Becoming Barbie (HD 6:29)
- Welcome to Barbie Land (HD 12:01)
- Playing Dress-Up: An Extended Look at the Costumes of Barbie (HD 7:27)