The 2023 Summer holiday season starts with a bang - the Barbie movie delivers. The movie is inevitably silly and frothy (and knows it), but within the daftness it also delivers enormous amounts of heart. It is hugely affectionate towards its subject and clearly made with love; the design teams have obviously had a ball and it shows. As well as lots of fun, the film also delivers some punchy jibes at corporate greed and the patriarchy. Not only do the verbal and visual jokes mostly land and are very funny, but the longer set pieces also work well, such as an epic beach fight and the Kens' power-ballad/boyband-inflected song-and-dance number. None of this would work without the extraordinary presence of the utterly invested and magnetic Margot Robbie, backed up by the surprisingly hilarious comedic talents of Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu. Ultimately Barbie is a breezy lightweight summer blockbuster, a glorious celebration of women of all types wrapped up in a fun, shiny, neon-pink package.
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