As the world is caught up in “Barbie mania”, here in Italy, Yours Truly watched it in a sell-out screening with original version (don’t let me start on the ubiquitous movie-dubbing business here), a veritable rarity to bear out that cinema is not going anywhere when creative ingenuity...
Many people will dislike this movie without ever having watched it. They don’t like Barbie. They think it’s for kids. It’s too “woke.” Whatever the case may be, there will be haters for this movie, no matter what. Originally titledBarbieand Ken. Yes, with the “and Ken” cross...
It’s not a perfect movie though, but its flaws are easy to overlook. The first half of the film can be predictable, with the film going through some of the beats you would expect of it. There’s a twist involving the purpose of Barbie’s journey that is beyond easy to predict, tho...
But in the brand-newBarbiemovie, we get to experience through the doll’s eyes what happens when the real world slips into the fantasy of Barbieland. Directed byGreta Gerwig, who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach, we’re taken on a wildly chaotic ride with dance numbers, existenti...
I reallyyyyyy loved the movie but there was so much focus on the Kens. Like rly they got a whole song??? Don’t get me wrong I loved it but in Barbie’s own movie (and especially because of what it is about) Ken had so much focus on him . I love Ryan Gosling but less of ...
MOVIE REVIEW By Christopher Cruz Bill Maher’s ‘Barbie’ Movie Review Is a Total Embarrassment The sexagenarian talk show host apparently had a very bad time at the cinema with “a woman in her 30s” seeing the billion-dollarBarbiemovie ...
Barbie is a miracle for a studio movie. Credit: Warner Bros. Barbie has long been a promise and a pitfall for women. On one hand, she tells girls they can be anything they dream of. On the other hand, she is a standard to which we can never live up to with her unrealistic cur...
amomentwithfranca·21 July 2023·2 Comments The much anticipated live-action Barbie movie has finally been released, and it's already generating a lot of buzz, so we were very excited to go and see it. …[Read more...]about Barbie Movie Review: Girl Power or Feminist Flop?
So of course, in Gerwig’s capable hands, even a movie about the one of most popular toys of all time eludes expectations at every turn.Barbieis her mainstream masterpiece, a dazzling dream that will touch the souls of everyone who sees it, even if they’ve never picked up a doll. ...
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